Miss, Mrs, Ms

scorza said:
, however I've noticed a trend here and with my sisters that for their professional lives, they'll keep their maiden name.
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That makes life simpler if you've married someone who works for the same company or you later divorce.

Spunkey said:
Mrs = Married
Miss = Not married
Ms = Lesbian/Transsexual/Penis bashing moronic feminist.

It's just how it is.
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It's one thing to hold a moronic opinion, it's another to post it in public :)
I'd expect more from Dons too...

Not all lesbians are feminists and not all feminists think the same.
Grouping them all together is a bit silly and just displays a laughable bias towards people you've probably never met.

I don't see a problem with using whatever title you feel like, some people wear a ring just to avoid being hit on. Being taken seriously is still a gender problem regardless of marital status.
 
Drop titles full stop. They're not on your birth certificate (or whatever qualifies as a chosen name on introduction to open terra firma).

Either nickname or birthname, nothing more.
 
darkgen said:
Drop titles full stop. They're not on your birth certificate (or whatever qualifies as a chosen name on introduction to open terra firma).

Either nickname or birthname, nothing more.
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Interesting idea....

What about this PhD I've been slaving away at for almost three years... I want to be a Dr. god damn it!!!!!!!!!!!! :p
 
darkgen said:
You're studying for a doctorate, a measurement of academic quality. Not a prefix to your birthname.
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It was merely a joke... I do fancy jumping up "ross from friends style" if anyone asks if there is a Dr. on the plane :p

On a more serious note, I do quite agree with you... It's somewhat self appointed so why do we need it? Rather than force people to use X instead of Y just make it so it isn't needed...

The only "problem" (and I use that word in the loosest terms as it might seem sexist in some situations) is when you have a person with a unisex name (I know both sexes called Morgan) and there is no way to distinguish between them on paper (obviously unless you ask them if they are M/F)
 
When filling in details at work I routinely ask women if they are a miss/mrs/ms and once I was told "other". I was pretty confused, but apparently some people don't like any of the options.
 
sbi5ar said:
It was merely a joke... I do fancy jumping up "ross from friends style" if anyone asks if there is a Dr. on the plane :p

On a more serious note, I do quite agree with you... It's somewhat self appointed so why do we need it? Rather than force people to use X instead of Y just make it so it isn't needed...

The only "problem" (and I use that word in the loosest terms as it might seem sexist in some situations) is when you have a person with a unisex name (I know both sexes called Morgan) and there is no way to distinguish between them on paper (obviously unless you ask them if they are M/F)
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Why would it matter about sex is when referring to an individual in any medium?
 
My wife has no problem with being called Mrs and actually looked forward to taking my surname as she thought it was more interesting than hers. But I would say that the Mrs/Miss/Ms system is pretty much ideal. Use which ever one you prefer. There is nothing really stopping an umarried woman using Mrs anyway other than tradition.
 
I know someone who got very funny about the use of the word chairman. If she was the 'chairman', then she would rather be called 'the chair'. I agreed that it made sense for women to be referred to as 'the chair' in those cirumstances, but its nothing to get overly annoyed about the way that she was. I don't believe the word is used to reinforce the dominant male stereotype. It's the human race after all, it's for the best that this woman learned to deal with this issue for the good of mankind.
 
The safe bet is usually calling women "Miss", as it's not offensive if they aren't married and they can politely correct you they are married and it bothers them. But most of the time I find married women don't mind being called Miss.

Deadbeat said:
Why are people saying unmarried men should be 'master'? That's for children, surely?
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Haha I see it that way. I used to love it when I had a bank account when I was younger and could say I was a "Master" :p
 
shadesofgrey said:
Whats the big deal if the feminist agrees that it should just be 'Mrs' for "administration purposes"? Sounds like the feminist sensibly agrees?


I have no problem with a woman not wanting to be called 'Miss' because she does not want to called a girl. I'm sure some men would get the hump on for being called 'master' all the time.

Nor do I have a problem with a women who does not want herself to be based on her marital status.

Whats wrong with the female version to Mr? aka Ms? Thats all it is really.
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You possibly didnt read my whole post. What about the people that WANT to be called Miss or Ms and don't want to use Mrs?
 
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