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Is there a doctor in the house? The gendered use of honorifics : Comments

By Evelyn Tsitas, published 18/9/2017

In April, the local arm of global banking giant HSBC started offering customers the choice of multiple

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Every now and again I'll rethink things..
This is one of those occasions Evelyn.
I'm sorry if I was too harsh.

Upon rethink.

Miss = Advertising that a young woman is 'Unmarried' and can be approached by a man with a view to groom for marriage
Mrs = 'Already Married' (considered off bounds)
Ms = 'Spinster', 'Previously Married', etc.

A man is just 'Master' or 'Mr' with no changes whether he's married or not.
Maybe you have a point,
Maybe as a man I think you're making too much of it;
- But maybe you do have a point.
Posted by Armchair Critic, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 7:19:57 PM
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