julia wrote:
>> After reading the article, many things struck me. One was that the author
> chose to refer to every female scientist as "Ms. So-and-So", instead of "Dr.
> So-and-So". I couldn't imagine printing an article referring to a bunch of
> male professors as "Mr. So-and-So", thus right away I felt defensive.
>
Actually, this is probably not true. How people refer to those with
doctorates is not standard. For example, the New York Times uses
Mr/Ms except for MDs--or at least it used to; in fact this was stated in
its usage guide. using Mr/Ms hearkens back to an earlier
age of academics, when one did not flaunt one's degrees. I recall as
an undergrad at Berkeley, the English dept referred to its faculty as
Mr/Ms, while the science departments all used Dr. I have a hunch that
the Chronicle of Higher Education follows the humanities-tendency
and does not employ Dr for anyone, although I may be mistaken.
--
-susan
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