Re: [DEB-USER] Re: At peace with Debian (was: This is the last war...)
On Tue, 2002-07-16 at 05:00, Ivo Wever wrote:
> Paul M Foster wrote:
> > Ivo Wever wrote:
> >
> >>>I will applaud the introduction of "Ms," to the written language, since in
> >>>the South, at least, the oral honorific of "Miz" has long solved the
> >>>question of the marital state of the lady you're addressing.
> >>>
> >>
> >>I absolutely do not understand the need to address someone with their
> >>correct marital status. I don't behave differently towards an unmarried
> >>woman than I do towards a married woman, so why on earth should I do so
> >>in writing?
> >
> >Because (particularly in the South) some women prefer it. I know women
> >who are insulted by not being referred to as "Mrs.". And on the other
> >hand, some women are insulted by anything other than "Ms."
>
> I don't understand: how could anyone be insulted by how you address them,
> when at first you usually have to *guess*? Or aren't you allowed to speak
> to them before you are aware of their marital status?
<sarcasm>
NO!! YOU'RE NOT!!! YOU HORRIBLE SEXIST *MAN*!!!! Marriage is an
institution of The Eeeeevil Patriarchy and no True Woman would *ever*
deign to become enslaved to it...
</sarcasm>
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