2006-10-17 04:15:57 · 43 answers · asked by chang 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
She's unsure where she fits into society and so chooses the fence option (of sitting).
2006-10-17 06:06:35 · answer #1 · answered by nangari 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
One of two things:
Miss usually is associated with young unmarried girls.
So a woman who is unmarried but no longer considered young may prefer the Ms to Miss.
Or, some women feel that the Mrs is an old fashioned title that throws back to an era where women were viewed as less than men. Some women use the Ms to show that they have their own merit irregardless of who they are married to.
2006-10-17 04:27:00 · answer #2 · answered by Rainy Days and Mondays 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Master = single and up to teen age
Miss = single and up to acceptable pre marital age
Mr = married or single but older than a teen
Mrs = married and accepting status
Ms = single but post acceptable premarital age
Ms = Lesbian
Ms = Divorced
Ms = Married but struggling with properly joining new family
Ms = pseudo feminist or pseudo intellectual needing to validate pointless credentials and struggling for that to be known and cannot find a more appropriate self actualising method.
Ms was a fad which is on now used by very few people stuck in the “Burn the bra” era of militant feminism. True feminists are more convincing than these silly ideas.
Ms is looked at suspeciously by most
2006-10-18 00:05:42 · answer #3 · answered by Mai C 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If a woman prefers to be addressed as Ms, then I think it implies that that is her preference.
Ms is the female equivilent to Mr. Period.
It has nothing to do with marital status, but GENDER.
2006-10-17 10:52:45 · answer #4 · answered by firehorsetwo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I registered with an employment agency a few months ago I was told that I couldn't use my preferred title of Ms, even though more women in my field of work are doing so. Attitudes still need to change a lot! I am not prepared to change my title or name for anyone.
2006-10-19 23:01:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not married, so I can't be Mrs. I prefer Ms. to Miss, because Miss sounds like something you'd call a little girl.
2006-10-17 04:29:29 · answer #6 · answered by Krista D 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe that when a woman prefers to be known as Ms., that she is proud of her own accomplishments and does not wish to be known simply as a man's wife. At least, I believe that this is the way it was originally intended. Now, I think that women simply do not want anything to be infered from their marital status, whether they are married or single. They would prefer to have the spotlight on them, not whether they are married or not.
2006-10-17 05:13:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Regardless of implication, Miss refers to an unmarried woman of any age; Mrs. to a wife or widow.
Ms. is correct regardless of a woman's marital status, much as Mr. is for men.
It is the preferred title or address for women whose preference in title is previously unstated.
2006-10-17 06:36:55 · answer #8 · answered by eekanif 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Ms. is an adult woman..can be married or single. Miss is for the younger woman or girl. I don't understand what you mean by implications though.
2006-10-17 07:17:57 · answer #9 · answered by KathyS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That she does not want to be defined as a married or a single person instead of a woman in her own right. Men do not have to distinguish whether they are married or not. Sometimes women use Ms to denote that they were married but are now separated or divorced.
2006-10-17 04:24:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Mrs = married
Miss = single (in marriatal terms)
Ms = she would rather not specify
It doesn't really imply anything other than the above.
2006-10-17 04:24:31 · answer #11 · answered by sexy pussycat 1 · 5⤊ 0⤋