I wasn't even aware there was controversy over Ms. On the surface it doesn't seem like a big deal. If you don't know the status of a woman just use Ms. As I grew up in a time when such honorifics seemed quaint and archaic, I didn't give it much thought.
So I did a search aaaaaaand....
“Mx.” was added to Merriam-Webster Unabridged in 2016 (though it appeared in print as early as the late ’70s.) The honorific functions as a gender-neutral alternative to titles like “Mr.” and “Ms.” And—similar to “Ms.”—it doesn’t indicate marital status.
Oh for fuck's sake...
I wasn't even aware there was controversy over Ms. On the surface it doesn't seem like a big deal. If you don't know the status of a woman just use Ms. As I grew up in a time when such honorifics seemed quaint and archaic, I didn't give it much thought.
So I did a search aaaaaaand....
>“Mx.” was added to Merriam-Webster Unabridged in 2016 (though it appeared in print as early as the late ’70s.) The honorific functions as a gender-neutral alternative to titles like “Mr.” and “Ms.” And—similar to “Ms.”—it doesn’t indicate marital status.
Oh for fuck's sake...
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