French women say Mademoiselle is sexist so now it’s simply Madame or Monsieur

Friday, February 24th 2012 - 20:06 UTC

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Official French documents will no longer force women to reveal their marital status by requiring them to choose the title Mademoiselle or Madame. Read full article

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Alexei
So the Americanisation spreads via the UK to Europe. The worst kind of women in the Anglosphere insist on being referred to as Ms. Expect this in South America in the not-to-distant future.
Feb 24th, 2012 - 08:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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lsolde
Both my daughters are Mademoiselles to me.
Feb 26th, 2012 - 10:54 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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GeoffWard2
I guess it's now just a matter of time before the UK gets an EU Directive banning the word 'Miss' for unmarried women/spinsters/teachers, and 'Mrs' for the ever-smaller number of women that actually get married/widows.

So it will be 'Ms' Marple for all females in the UK in future
- or, of course, 'Mz' if you're 'one o da bros',
and 'Ms?' if you're gender-challenged.
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