Originally Posted by
stimpy
I read an article a couple years ago about how single women are pushing for a change in a law or policy because they must be referred to as mademoiselle by banks and government institutions no matter what their age.
The idea here is that women see the use of Mademoiselle / Madame as unfair discrimation: women are adressed differently if they are unmarried or married, while men are adressed in the same way. The goal is to use a term that is 'marriage-neutral' and not sexist.