Ms, Mrs or Miss?

Mojisola

Gloomendoom wrote: »

But what you, and some others, are suggesting is that all women should be forced to use Ms possibly against their will

So why should we "force" men to use Mr with no other options? Poor things! We should stop repressing them. :rotfl:

lostinrates

Mojisola wrote: »

[COLOR="rgb(65, 105, 225)"]You won't have had to explain it because people will have assumed you are single.

I think as more women use Miss and Mrs almost at random and they lose their meaning, Ms will eventually take over as the default position.

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If i wasn't happy for them to make assumptions i could use ms.

The whole point is, those who want the privacy inferred by ms have it, those who do not do not have to use it.

NAR

What's wrong with all women answering to "[EMAIL="b@itch?"]b_i_t_c_h?[/EMAIL]" :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Mojisola

lostinrates wrote: »

If i wasn't happy for them to make assumptions i could use ms.

The whole point is, those who want the privacy inferred by ms have it, those who do not do not have to use it.

But people do make assumptions if you use Ms. Because you have refused the options of Miss and Mrs, most people think you must be divorced or are a stroppy feminist.

BugglyB

Mojisola wrote: »

But people do make assumptions if you use Ms. Because you have refused the options of Miss and Mrs, most people think you must be divorced or are a stroppy feminist.

Or that you are not proud of your husband

lostinrates

Mojisola wrote: »

But people do make assumptions if you use Ms. Because you have refused the options of Miss and Mrs, most people think you must be divorced or are a stroppy feminist.

Well.....i understand that, but frankly, if people make assumptions about that its just another thing n the list....female, size of breasts, blonde hair, wearing or not wearing makeup, what car you drive, where you are from, and frankly what your names are, all are things on an inexhaustible list that people might judge us on.

I am afraid it is impossile to get rid of people making assumptions or drawing conclutions. In fact, even drawing the conclution that individuals (rather than 'society' ) will make an assumption is an assumption, and as likely to be flawed as drawing a conclusion about what you title one goes by.

Glitzkiss

Perhaps we're all coming at this from the wrong angle and the real solution is to increase the choice of titles for men. Can I suggest the following

Mstr. for an underage or unmarried man (like a shortened version of master)
Mr. for a married man
Msr. for a man who doesn't feel the need for anyone else to know his marriage status

Just a thought

tea_lover

I don't really use any of them that much anymore.

I'm divorced, but kept my married surname for various reasons. I live with my OH but have stayed as firstname marriedname. If we ever get married I'll probably change it again. If I really have to choose I'd probably go for Ms but often I find you can just miss that part out on forms etc.

The majority of any post I receive is addressed to firstname marriedname, no title at all. The rest is split between Miss, Ms, and Mrs. I'll happily answer to any of them. At work I've always been firstname maidenname or firstname marriedname, I've never had to choose a title.

Maybe I just have an informal life!

Gloomendoom

Mojisola wrote: »

So why should we "force" men to use Mr with no other options? Poor things! We should stop repressing them. :rotfl:

We don't. A man can call himself what he wants. Just like a woman.

Gloomendoom

BugglyB wrote: »

godwin!!!!!!!!!!

Well, at post 100, it was about time.