Why, mainly in the past, only the women changed their surnames when married

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What is the story behind this?

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Women were seen as the property of their husband. Women couldn’t even *own* property until about 100 years ago.

I think in Spain they double barrel the surname depending on if it’s a girl or boy or something, it seems fairer.

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