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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:jenny_berger -at- fairfieldresidential -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 3 Mar 2003 12:52:12 -0600
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. In my opinion, it is totally ridiculous to assume that all women
would prefer to use "Ms." or any other salutation to the exclusion of all
others. That some forms provide for all salutatory options merely reflects
the (perhaps unconscious) desire of the forms designer to appeal to the
largest audience possible.
Jenny Berger
Technical Writer
Information Systems
Fairfield Residential
On an unrelated side issue, I'd LOVE to see the final, eternal
disappearance of Miss/Mrs, and a universal acceptance of Ms. There are
still text boxes that force women to choose from "Miss/Mrs./Ms", which
is totally ridiculous!
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