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>asking a woman if she prefers Ms, Miss, Mme, Mrs This was at one point a controversial topic. Conservatives objected to the new construct of neutral meaning "
by monkeybutton 5y ago
>asking a woman if she prefers Ms, Miss, Mme, Mrs
This was at one point a controversial topic. Conservatives objected to the new construct of neutral meaning "Ms" and feminists objected to "Miss" and "Mrs" because they indicated marital status. The argument being that viewing a woman's name with those titles was reducing her to an object who's worth was determined by if she was available or not to men.
- celtain 5y agoThere was a controversy, but the controversy was never over whether it was appropriate to ask for your honorific on a form, just what the options should be. E.g. nobody thought it was weird to ask if you went by Dr.