More complete barmyness from the UK - Calling teachers "Miss" is now sexist.

Garek · 2014-05-14T16:48:26+00:00

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elebrin · 2014-05-14T20:17:43+00:00

I usually go with sir or ma'am. Works perfectly.

evil-doer · 2014-05-14T16:24:27+00:00

implying that "sir" is used in its original form nowadays.. its not.

also, "sir" by itself is very different than "sir <name>"

Jaggedmallard26 · 2014-05-14T17:43:33+00:00

I would have thought "Sir" as used in classrooms can be traced to the military with superiors there being called "Sir" and its still like that in schools more as a tradition to do with the lack of women in the armed forces when it was popularized.

IIRC a lot of the teachers in 19th century Britain were ex-soldiers anyway.

scarecrow569_ · 2014-05-14T18:24:53+00:00

Seems to be very different from my schooling. I orginally thought that miss was in relation to being unmarried and how there is no male equivalent, I find that sexist.

Perhaps a non gendered term could be developed? But I doubt it, we aren't ready for that, we still assign gender to inanimate objects for god sake.

Steampunk_Moustache · 2014-05-14T19:28:35+00:00

You can't address someone as 'Mrs' without putting their name on the end. It sounds stupid to just say Mrs.

I had an English teacher who insisted on Ms. That was fine.

French teachers went with Madame or Mademoiselle depending on their age.

2014-05-14T22:17:44+00:00

I hate living here sometimes.

shibbidybibbidy · 2014-05-14T22:42:05+00:00

Just someone desperate to feel like a victim

NiceIce · 2014-05-14T18:05:53+00:00

Unreal. Sometimes it seems the UK is even in worse shape than the USA.

Title	More complete barmyness from the UK - Calling teachers "Miss" is now sexist.
Author	BaconCatBug
Upvotes	40
Comments	14
Date	May 14, 2014 12:10 PM UTC (12 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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