Why is Microsoft offended by ‘Mrs Thatcher’?
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I never noticed this, but if true, it makes sense. The whole Mrs, Ms and Miss is a relic of and old era.
Marital status of a woman should not be part of public pronoun.
(perhaps they're equivalent, if we step into the belief that we're having a conversation (albeit one-sided, with corrections only allowed in one direction in the case of this program) with the software authors)
It is difficult to be always right and never offend anyone. And yet, we should try.
Addressing someone by marital status is one of those easy things to simply abandon without loosing anything from conversation.
Generally I agree and hope that people accept responsibility when they understand they've caused offence, can apologize and/or make amends, and improve and adapt their behaviour over time. There are a wide swathe of cultural, neurodiversal and experiential effects that can factor into situations.
It also seems wise to guard against circumstances where it is impossible to become angry or critique an authority class or figure(s). That anger and frustration can be justified and if it isn't allowed or listened to, then that is a problem.
Agreed. 100%!
I understand that this could be a particular problem because so many people communicate purely by text nowadays; writing emails or documents to send to others.
In that context -- where it's unlikely the sender will notice the reaction of the recipient, and may be difficult for the recipient to call out the sender on their behaviour, a feature like this makes a lot of sense (thanks for causing me to think this through).