However, it has been proven that women take their education and career more seriously than men would. We women generally do more to make a name for ourselves, simply to demonstrate that we are much more than a housewife. Women must be defined not only by their actions and roles within the family, but also by their role in a society separate from their family. Same-sex marriage was recently legalized across the United States, which Filipovic said will “challenge the idea that there are naturally different roles for men and women within the marital unit.” A same-sex couple will have different roles within the marital unit than a husband and wife. For example, if two women decide to get married, maybe they will both work, maybe only one, but the choice is up to those women and will not be influenced by society's opinion of what they should or should not do. Furthermore, if women decide to take a different last name, they will have the luxury of deciding which name to take based on their relationship, not based on society's misconception that the woman should take the man's last last name.