Why mrs carter

I'm no fan of the pointless tag "Mrs. Why can't a Mrs. Last week was the 50th anniversary of the publication of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique, which means that for a half century North American women have been privy to the rather basic idea that a woman whose identity is totally subsumed by her husband's is not a happy woman.

Those Second Wave feminists noted that while men get to be Mr. Unlike Mrs. But it wasn't until that a publication as august and honorific-loving as The New York Times approved the use of Ms. She's hugely talented, beautiful and sexy, but the whole package is such a perfect projection that it seems as unreal as her Superbowl hologram.

She has had a nearly two-decade-long career without any real controversy, lip-syncing aside. Compare her to someone like vile Chris Brown, who can't go 48 hours without some moronic exhibit, or — more positively — Lady Gaga, with her emotional baggage and uncontained ideas. Befitting this carefully cultivated image, "Mrs. What's in a name is our strong, socialized beliefs around the role and place of women in relation to men. It means something that men in our society always remain 'Mr.

If we are truly dedicated to creating equality between men and women then we will need to consciously address traditions that are anchored in the belief that women are inferior to men. I thought this was part of Beyonce's mission.

In fact, she recently announced her involvement with Gucci's 'Chime for Change' campaign for girls' empowerment, which nobly declares that 'None of us can move forward if half of us are held back.

Unfortunately, Beyonce's decision to publicly relinquish her own identity and sensationalize a tradition that tells girls their identity is less important than a man's, contributes to holding girls back.

She has the ears of millions of girls and boys, women and men, all over the world. Her ability to send and model a powerful message about the value of women and the importance of equality between the sexes is greater than ever. Instead of doing so, by calling her tour the 'Mrs. Carter Show' she is reinforcing and endorsing the exact opposite message.

So much for moving forward Knowles Show. News U. Politics Joe Biden Congress Extremism. Special Projects Highline. HuffPost Personal Video Horoscopes. Still, some people of which I am one may be of the opinion that anyone who can get that tattoo can't honestly be trusted with basic adult decisions in the first place. To promote the Mrs Carter tour, she has chosen to pose in a regal looking outfit that references Queen Elizabeth I, only a bit more leggy.

It's a visual stamp of authority; I, she is saying, am the alma mater of pop's new dynasty, a point her husband also made on the album Watch the Throne. But it's also an unwitting I suspect reference to one woman who famously never had to take a husband's name. The Destiny's Child star has given up her first-name-only celebrity stature to take on her husband's surname.

It's a subversive choice, but a baffling one. What do you think? Do you care that Bey has become Mrs Carter?