"ms" is a "politically correct, feminist backlash" against the traditional appellation of a married woman: "mrs".

A woman who is proud to be married, and proud of her husband , I would think would be similarly proud to announce to the world that she is a married woman. ie: "mrs", not "ms".

Being "proud" of someone, isnt quite the same as "respecting" them. but I also see using the mrs title as a sign of respect to a husband: respecting that yes, she is a married woman.

To put it another way: NOT publically acknowledging that she is married, is a sign of DISrespect.

Similar to agent99's husband not acknowleging her as his wife in recent introductions. It's disrespectful.

yeah yeah, it's unequal, there's no male equivalent title. Doesnt change that it's still disrespectful to not use it.
For those who think that it is "demeaning" for a woman to use the mrs title, and people would look down on her for doing so:
People who would look down on a woman for using the mrs title, I have found also tend to look down on the institution of marriage to begin with, as 'institutionalized slavery/servitude for women', and such tripe. Seems to me that such people are not worth impressing.




Last edited by Dom R; 11/02/07 04:44 PM.

My current status: june 2006. Wife ran out and filed D.
Finalized Jan 11, 2010, after 12.5 years M.
3 wonderful sons caught in the middle