Man and Wife

I keep hearing that in a marriage reception, after the vows are recited, the man stays a "man" but the woman becomes a "wife". There's small controversy about recent adjustments changing both parties to "husband" and "wife," respectively. Although this is improvement, it doesn't seem to be a world-wide change we can look forward to. As a female, this holds some importance to me as far as how I'm regarded and slight injustices which may follow. Just something that was on my mind....