In fact, I think the most common interpretation of "Ms" is now "too old to be called Miss, but unmarried." I have been part of this conversation a few times.
I understand now, thanks. Yeah. It is a bizarre practise which I don't think is entirely worthwhile. The idea that you can normalise something by giving them a euphamised term to describe their otherness, like "height impared," I think is surprisingly flawed. Because you're still making them 'other' by diferentiating them! The only way to normalise a 'differnt' group is to treat them exactly as you would anyone else.. but yeah. Stuff!
The whole Miss/Mrs instead, Ms thing, I think, is silly. I don't see it as a social gap. *rolls around* oddness. People are odd.
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Date: 2008-04-09 09:48 am (UTC)I understand now, thanks. Yeah. It is a bizarre practise which I don't think is entirely worthwhile. The idea that you can normalise something by giving them a euphamised term to describe their otherness, like "height impared," I think is surprisingly flawed. Because you're still making them 'other' by diferentiating them! The only way to normalise a 'differnt' group is to treat them exactly as you would anyone else.. but yeah. Stuff!
The whole Miss/Mrs instead, Ms thing, I think, is silly. I don't see it as a social gap. *rolls around* oddness. People are odd.