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Old Jul 19, 2017, 4:52 am
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Tamino
 
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Paris, France
Programs: United, TAP Victoria, AVIOS
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Originally Posted by ltfly
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.
Possibly looking for a problem that doesn´t exist. Widely, adult females are referred to as madame. It has nothing to do with marriage status.
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