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Post by viserys on Jul 18, 2017 12:56:15 GMT
Oh, I wouldn't worry about that. I love being addressed as Madame there, it conjures up a very rose-tinted image of myself as some sort of stylish Catherine Deneuve type. If only.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Jul 18, 2017 15:37:37 GMT
Miss/Mrs is completely pointless and offensive in this day and age. Never getting married anyway so Ms it will be, even if it does sound like you're doing a bee impression and half the time people mishear and write down Miss anyway. Sigh. I cannot see why anyone choosing to use Miss or Mrs could be deemed offensive in the slightest if that is how they wish to be known. If we are in a culture where we are asking how people wish to be called, then people are within their rights to choose Miss or Mrs without others deeming it to be offensive.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2017 16:15:18 GMT
Miss/Mrs is completely pointless and offensive in this day and age. Never getting married anyway so Ms it will be, even if it does sound like you're doing a bee impression and half the time people mishear and write down Miss anyway. Sigh. I cannot see why anyone choosing to use Miss or Mrs could be deemed offensive in the slightest if that is how they wish to be known. If we are in a culture where we are asking how people wish to be called, then people are within their rights to choose Miss or Mrs without others deeming it to be offensive. Firstly, I'm not saying it's offensive when people call themselves Miss or Mrs, I'm saying it's offensive that in 2017 women are still given options based on their marital status and men are not. Either give men more options, or take the ones from women away. But it should be the same for both. Secondly, choice feminism (ie. feminism based on the idea that women can choose to do whatever they like) is all well and good but the choices don't exist in a vacuum. Women choosing to use titles based on their marital status does effect other women who choose not to, as it effects the way women are seen in general in comparison to men. Similarly with things like changing their surname when getting married or even something like wearing makeup. I don't blame the individual women at all (I mean, I wear makeup), as we've all been brought up with these patriarchal traditions and pressures but that doesn't make the traditions/pressures not sexist or make the fact that they exist in the first place inoffensive.
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Post by kathryn on Jul 18, 2017 17:55:58 GMT
At work in meeting minutes unless you have an academic title (Dr/Prof) all women are listed as 'Ms'. As a married woman I find that bothers me. I'm Mrs! However it does irk me when my mum addresses cards etc to 'Mrs [my husband's initial and surname]. I know that's convention unless you are a widow but not one I would ever follow myself. At my work the convention is 'first name, surname' for everyone - no titles at all. Some people don't change their name at work when they get married at all - they just find it easier to stick with their original name, rather than change it and confuse people.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2017 18:28:24 GMT
Either give men more options That's something I've often pondered, snutte. Could men be allowed a "married" designator? But what would it be? I would think Mr would be kept as the married designator as I feel like it's associated with an older man. For the unmarried, hopefully something that sounds more pleasant than Ms!
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Post by Elisa on Jul 18, 2017 18:32:07 GMT
If we had to follow the same convention as Miss/Mrs/Ms, men should have something like Mt (pr. Mist), Mr and... something along the lines of Md (pr. mid or mud?). I'd rather prefer having one title only for women, though.
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Post by lynette on Jul 18, 2017 19:16:36 GMT
Looking A prospect A keeper Too attached to his mother
Appropriately abbreviated e.g. L, P, K, Tatm
It's been v hot today
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Post by kathryn on Jul 18, 2017 20:10:14 GMT
Looking A prospect A keeper Too attached to his mother Appropriately abbreviated e.g. L, P, K, Tatm It's been v hot today How about 'Av.' for 'Available'?
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 18, 2017 20:23:46 GMT
Or B.O.D for 'Back off Darling'.
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