Greek way(Memo)

Heather Long “Should women change their names after marriage? Consider the Greek way” http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/06/women-change-name-after-marriage-greece


最近ケイト・ウィンスレットが結婚しても夫の姓を名乗るつもりはなかったと発言したことを契機に*1英語圏では女性は結婚後改姓すべきかどうか論争が盛り上がっているようだ*2
さて、希臘では1983年に改正された法律で、女性が出生時の姓を生涯保持しなければいけないことを規定している。つまり、希臘においては選択的ではなく強制的夫婦別姓なのだ。


Young Greeks in their 20s and 30s today accept it as the norm. They think about names and identities a lot differently than most other countries do. Boyfriends don't ask their girlfriends about their surname intentions. Violet Tsagkas grew up in Athens, came to the US for graduate school and now writes for Fem2.0*3. As she told me: "It never occurred to me that [Greece] was unique until I started interacting more with foreigners, particularly after I moved to the US."

Overall, Greeks have had very few problems with the new system. Occasionally, it causes confusion. One Greek woman who helps administer a school told me that it can be challenging to call up students' parents, especially the mothers. She has taken to simply ringing them up and saying something to the effect of, "Are you John's mom?" No one finds that offensive.

なお、(例えば)中東諸国などに海外旅行した場合に、夫婦別姓だと夫婦として扱ってもらえないこともあるという。またそれが希臘国内におけるバックラッシュの口実になっている;

The other issue that has arisen for some Greek women is traveling abroad, especially to the Middle East. Greek couples show up with different last names in their passports and some conservative societies don't believe they are actually married. It's not a widespread problem though, and it could be easily solved with a simple marriage certificate that Greek couples could carry abroad if needed. But the conservative government in 2008 used it as justification to change the law slightly so that spouses can decide if they want to add the other spouse's last name to their own. Women (and men) still have to keep their birth name, but they can have both last names now. Data are hard to come by on how many women have taken this option.
夫婦別姓/同姓は父親の姓か夫の姓かという選択の問題にすぎないのではないかという議論*4。希臘の制度の場合、子どもの出生時に父親の姓か母親の姓かを(親が)選択することができる。
ところで、イランも(希臘と同様に)強制的夫婦別姓であり、その制度は希臘よりもずっと古い;

Yes, the name issue only goes so far to help women. Iran, for example, has had a similar system to Greece for about a century, yet Iranian women continue to struggle for many rights. Narges Bajoghli*5, a scholar on Iran, says that one benefit of Iran's system is that women still have a clear connection to their birth family, which has been valuable to women who find themselves in abusive relationships or other troubles and want to leave their marriages. The flip side, however, is that it has made young girls' "honor" an important part of family life.

夫婦別姓」問題については、http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20060503/1146669098 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20090419/1240150549 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20090905/1252117392 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20090918/1253249073 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20090928/1254069607 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20090930/1254274901 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20091004/1254679093 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20091123/1258950633 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20091126/1259205760 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20100104/1262603428 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20100528/1275011275 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20100621/1277091830 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20100625/1277433569 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20100713/1278999372 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20100802/1280726806 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20101209/1291899124も。

*1:Elle Griffiths “ 'I was never going to change my name to Kate Rocknroll!' Pregnant Winslet on why she decided not to adopt her husband's moniker” http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2424537/Kate-Winslet-decided-Ned-Rocknrolls-surname.html

*2:See eg. Jane Martinson “Would you, did you, change your name after marriage?” http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/the-womens-blog-with-jane-martinson/2013/sep/19/change-name-after-marriage-kate-winslet-rocknroll

*3:http://www.fem2pt0.com/meet-our-bloggers/

*4:Jill Filipovic “Why should married women change their names? Let men change theirs” http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/mar/07/women-stop-changing-your-name-when-married

*5:http://www.nargesbajoghli.com/