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> If a colleague with a doctorate wishes to be referred to as "doctor", it is unprofessional to choose to refer to them otherwise I'd suggest that is weird and
by mecha_ghidorah 4y ago
> If a colleague with a doctorate wishes to be referred to as "doctor", it is unprofessional to choose to refer to them otherwise
I'd suggest that is weird and unprofessional of them to want. Seems like a weird power play thing in a way gender pronouns don't
- tptacek 4y agoDo you know a lot of doctors, or have you worked in companies connected directly with academia? It's a thing.
- mecha_ghidorah 4y agoI've worked with academics directly on a couple of projects, none of them insisted on being called doctor. They introduced themselves by their first names... Maybe it's a cultural thing but in Australia (where I live) it is really weird to call anyone without an MD "doctor" when addressing them