Why Do We Care So Much About Jennifer Lopez Affleck's Last Name?

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By Alex KesslerBy Elizabeth LoganBy Alice CaryThe legal system through which these changes have to be made remains similarly archaic.

The process is a logistical nightmare that often renders the applicant unsearchable online, to their personal and professional detriment.

But of married women choose to do it anyway. And, for better or worse, the semantics still matter. As sociology professor Deborah Carr recently pointed out to , a shared family name negates a lifetime of little inconveniences around booking flights, enrolling in joint health insurance, and delineating who's allowed to pick up a child from school.It would be easy to excuse our fascination with celebrity surnames as an extension of our natural curiosity about the lives of the rich and famous.

But there’s also an unspoken belief that these decisions mean something about a marriage and the people who comprise it. And society applies those value judgements to civilians as well as celebrities.