Originally Posted by
Tamino
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.
You still have a large majority of forms where females need to choose between 'Mademoiselle' and 'Madame', though, so women are still required to indicate if they are married or not.
Now it is true that the usual form of address is Madame, when you speak to someone.