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RE: Gender neutral - any new developments in your neck of the woods?
Subject:RE: Gender neutral - any new developments in your neck of the woods? From:"Downing, David" <DavidDowning -at- users -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 5 Mar 2003 12:33:46 -0500
Yes, I knew someone who made a point of using "Miss." Now what *would* be sexist would be omitting the "ms." option.
BTW, I think the "Ms." title makes things easier all around, because when you're writing a formal letter to a woman where first name isn't appropriate, you don't have to bother finding out whether the woman is married.
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From: jenny_berger -at- fairfieldresidential -dot- com
A form that has boxes for Mrs./Miss/Ms. hardly forces women to choose
anything than their preferred salutation. Believe it or not, there are
still otherwise modern women in the world who subscribe to the
"old-school" notion of distinguishing between married and unmarried
status.
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