I remember the puzzlement when we woke up one morning to find that Mrs and Miss, were disappeared, we wondered who is “they” who can decide this, what central authority existed in the world to just suddenly remove and add to our American culture, what building houses that power that delivers an artificially created replacement culture on a weekly basis to our cities and town squares, and living rooms.
Mass media does that, when they decide that something is now or that something is no longer, then they adopt it in daily deliverance of entertainment and news, and reshape the culture and in a short period the masses are reculturized.
That is how the African American Ms. Jones, who is a Fire Fighter, can have a Gay marriage, with security Persons holding Assault Rifles.
“I remember the puzzlement when we woke up one morning to find that Mrs and Miss, were disappeared”
At work (a South African university) we received an e-mail yesterday giving details on how we are to standardise our e-mail signatures. This is supposedly in terms of our “branding” and conforming to “international best practice”.
The instructions:
“You must: use one of the following titles: Ms, Mr or Dr/Prof (if applicable).”
“Do not: use the title Miss or Mrs.”
My response:
NO! NO! NO! My title IS Miss. It is not, has never been, and never will be Ms.