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"If you make a new form, limit salutations to Dr., Mr., Ms." Why on earth is "Dr." in there? From those options it strikes me as if the form would really care
by x0054 13y ago
"If you make a new form, limit salutations to Dr., Mr., Ms."
Why on earth is "Dr." in there? From those options it strikes me as if the form would really care about wether or not I am male or female, but if I am a doctor, then who cares if I am female or male, I have apparently made it to a higher state of being, one that transcends gender. Get rid of salutations all together. If it is important for you to know the persons gender, ask them specifically that question. If, for some unknown reason, you also need to know if the person completing the form is a medical doctor, or a doctor of another type, ask that question directly as well.
- jaredsohn 13y agoI think it is more about formality rather than gender. Mr. vs. Ms. is because the English words we use for that level of formality are different based on gender. I think it similar to how students are told to address their teachers as Mr. X or Ms. Y, rather than by their first names.
- cema 13y agoThen there is Rev., Hon. and so on.
- jaredsohn 13y agoMy guess is that Dr. is just the most popular/most insisted upon among salutations that are based on profession/education and so the others get neglected sometimes. (I doubt most people know what the full list of salutations should be.)
- nknighthb 13y agoNobody does. The "full list" is effectively unknowable. A truly full list would include myriad words from every language for every culture, military, religion, and organization in the known universe (and would be ever-changing). This is just another part of the whole "What is a real name?" thing.
- coolsunglasses 13y agoI, for one, prefer to be addressed with the honorific "Darth".
- holyjaw 13y agoPeople with doctorates generally want you to know they have a doctorate. I personally find it unnecessary, though I do see why somebody would want to be addressed as such.