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I 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 gende
by jaredsohn 13y ago
I 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".