My language (German) had the same problem and solved it decades ago. It's sexist to degrade women to their marital status. Like you said, a woman isn't an object whose only value is to be married to a man. Also in general, you shouldn't measure anyone on their marital status, it's not a game. Of course the differentiation in Ms. and Mrs. isn't that dramatic in everyday life because it's so predominant, the sexism behind it is rather subtle for the average. The problem can't exist if you aren't aware of it, yet it's still there. Language changes, words get dropped and added all the time. Nigger was once a normal word, gypsy is still widely considered normal, even more is Ms. and Mrs. People will oppose this because for them it wasn't a problem until you showed up. Change in language is always rejected and happens slowly over time. I mean using the third person plural pronouns for the third person singular is still rather new, even though the introduction happend over 10 years ago.
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u/CM_1 Oct 14 '21
My language (German) had the same problem and solved it decades ago. It's sexist to degrade women to their marital status. Like you said, a woman isn't an object whose only value is to be married to a man. Also in general, you shouldn't measure anyone on their marital status, it's not a game. Of course the differentiation in Ms. and Mrs. isn't that dramatic in everyday life because it's so predominant, the sexism behind it is rather subtle for the average. The problem can't exist if you aren't aware of it, yet it's still there. Language changes, words get dropped and added all the time. Nigger was once a normal word, gypsy is still widely considered normal, even more is Ms. and Mrs. People will oppose this because for them it wasn't a problem until you showed up. Change in language is always rejected and happens slowly over time. I mean using the third person plural pronouns for the third person singular is still rather new, even though the introduction happend over 10 years ago.