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From: guy@rlgvax.UUCP (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Miss/Mrs/Ms
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Date: Fri, 23-Sep-83 16:00:39 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 23 16:00:39 1983
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If another person's marital status is important to you you should ask them.
There's no need for a person's title to announce their marital status, age,
sexual preference, quest, or favorite color.  I don't see how it adds a
personal touch; the purpose is not to be impersonal but to be able to identify
yourself without identifying your marital status (there was no such convention
for males, so "Ms." was invented so women wouldn't have to identify themselves
with a title which implied marital status).  In non-personal dealings (i.e.
business dealings) marital status should be irrelevant, and in personal dealings
you can always ask - or, better yet, wait for the other person to mention the
fact in passing ("the last time my spouse and I went to Barbados...").

	Guy Harris
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