Petruchio vs. Kate

Therapist: Well, now that you both have gotten that out of your system, allow me to assess the situation: Kate- Katherine-, you are saying that you never consented to marry this man, Petruchio, and that he manipulated your words for his own personal welfare. You also say that despite being married to him, you do not find it reasonable for him to starve you and deprive you of sleep. Hmmm, and Mr. Petruchio, sir, you deny that you have done any of it. You are using those "'true love' shenanigans" that Katherine said earlier, that you say that it was love at first sight, yet, Katherine says the opposite. You were just another person to her, to be shrewd- oh, excuse me, uh, disrespectful to.

Petruchio: I not know what she means when saying that doth was not truest love.

Katherine: Speak normally!

Petruchio: Fair and noble Kate-

Therapist: Stop right there, Mr. Petruchio. I see something very big in your relationship, and that is that you have been calling Katherine Kate, when she prefers to be called Katherine. Anyways, you starved her and deprived her of sleep, claiming that that is what any man would have done to fully control his wife. You control her opinions dictatorially, and I can see that she is upset with it, indeed.

Katherine: Of course I am! This sad sob over here can't even listen to me! When I open my mouth, he says something "right" and claims all my opinions are false! That because I am a woman that I cannot speak.

Petruchio: Fair Kate, 'tis not true. I-

Therapist: Mr. Petruchio, from what I saw from my questions, Katherine is correct. Now, is there anything else? Let me look. *checks notes* Well, it looks as though that is all. So, what I have basically summarized is that you two are unhappy because of Petruchio.

Petruchio: 'Tis not true. Thy a fool! She used the devilish persuasion to make us go here!

Therapist: Right... well, Petruchio, if you are going to marry someone, even if it is for a huge sum of money, at least treat them right. Do not manipulate them, do not dictate their beliefs, respect them and love them. A marriage isn't temporary unless you make it be, and Katherine has the full right to divorce you. If you actually love her, feed her, let her sleep. Maybe you two will get along better. And before you get defensive, Mr. Petruchio, if Katherine really is a "shrewd that you have tamed," then it is time to be nice to her. Listen to her. Maybe you will have even more joy with her, and it will be mutual. Katherine, be fair, too. Give him some time to get acquainted with new transitions he'll make in your relationship. All in all, both of you need to have patience. You run around arguing and yelling, and that isn't healthy for anyone, not even you.

Petruchio: I... I didn't realize...

Therapist: It's okay, Petruchio, you just need to make Kate happy. Not to think that she is but to know that she is. That is the key, Mr. Petruchio.

Do Names Need to Create Controversy?

For my entire life, I have been told and have seen females primarily take on their husband's last name after getting married. In June 2014, my brother Steven got married to a girl named Cat Clark, who immediately became Cat Mirsky afterwards, and with pride and love. Legally, she was still Cat Clark until a few months later (yay paperwork), but now she no longer uses Clark. Another example, my girlfriend's mom's maiden name was Hetherwick, replaced with Woods, but she uses Hetherwick as her middle name now. So on that note, I do believe that women should use their husband's last name after marriage, as its customary and there's honestly no real reason to be opposed to doing so. And if you want to change but also keep it, do what my girlfriend's mom did and make it your middle name. In my opinion, it is not a big deal at all, and I don't understand why feminists make such a huge deal about changing their last name when it's been done FOREVER. I don't understand why we should change it if it has been done for a very long time, and to protest it is ridiculous. If a woman and a man loves each other, she is going to be obliged to change her last name so that it makes her spouse happy and also hers. For example, in Jewish tradition, when two people get married, they are leaving their parental households into a new one between the two of them. In regards to last name, it is traditional to change it to the male's last name, as just because you are your own household, doesn't mean you're not family to your parents. It basically means you're more independent.

I think men taking the woman's name is ridiculous because if it has been tradition for the woman to take a man's last name, why are they trying to change that? It's not hearthwarming like a Buzzfeed article would try to make it, it's just dumb, in my opinion. In summary, I believe that the woman should take the man's name to 1) to keep up tradition, 2) because it out of love to do so and an obligation and 3) just to make everybody's life easier. With so many liberal protests trying to eliminate traditions that have kept this country together, this shouldn't be another issue to bring up. It's not even that big of a deal!

Oh Boy, Feminism

Feminism. Oh, boy.

Feminism is probably one of the most controversial ideologies ever. People agree with in, people disagree with it. To me, feminism is simply equal rights upon everybody. Whether that person be a woman, a man, or someone pertaining to the LGBT groups, everyone should have equal rights. I believe it would make life easier for everybody, and not make so many controversial topics about so many things, especially regarding the LGBT community. As my dad famously said, "Why the hell is everybody making this stuff such a big deal? Just give them the rights and be over with it." I have to agree with my dad. Why does this stuff have to be such a big deal? Obviously everyone should be accepting of who a person is, but people have been committing suicide over these things. Suicide is never the answer. But these people make it such a big deal and so public that most people do not understand and before you know that you have a dead teenager because they couldn't handle it anymore. It has gone too far and maybe we all need to back off from it. Death is not the way people should handle with things, instead they should either learn to cope with it or deal with it on a non-fatal level. Back with feminism, it was interesting to see how crazy the first feminists when studying about this in AP World. A lot of them were radical, some throwing themselves in front of king's' horses and being trampled to death. Others were anarchists, and it was a little too crazy. It's nice to see that it isn't like that anymore, and that suffrage is now over, for the most part, with the exception with those man-hating "feminists" out there. I don't know. I don't agree with feminism 100% but for the most part I do, and I feel like that's acceptable. Regarding the one poster of the man that is saying feminism is encouragement for women to basically abandon the family is absurd. I believe that women are just as equal as men to go out and find their own careers, start their own families, etc. Feminism was definitely a right turn in the evolution of mankind, however, some things about it don't have to be extreme as they are or have been, such as these LGBT movements.

P.S. the reason the national salary between the two sexes is different is because it's the average of what women make compared to the average of what men make, and studies have shown that women generally (keyword generally) work more low-paying jobs. There are exceptions, of course, but they GENERALLY do. I suggest to learn more clearer to look up PragerU on YouTube in order to find out more. Though they are right-leaning, or conservative, they do make some excellent points.