http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2007/07/01/back-to-the-fifties/ "crass, boorish and more a bruiser than blogger" - Alex Wilcock Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:51:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2007/07/01/back-to-the-fifties/#comment-70663 Heppi Wed, 04 Jul 2007 16:01:07 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2007/07/01/back-to-the-fifties/#comment-70663 I hate the term "Ms", not because I am an anti-feminist or because I believe in any 1950s gender stereotype, but because I hate the sound of it. Very ugly. "Muzz". Arrgh. And it also signifies that whoever I am dealing with has not taken enough interest in me to ascertain my preferred title. Lazy. Of course, I accept the gender-political points, and I would happily welcome a more directly comparative version of "mister", but it just ain't happening. I also wonder whether you are missing a move among some career women to maintain their maiden names in their professional life even after marriage. I certainly know a number of women who do just that. I hate the term “Ms”, not because I am an anti-feminist or because I believe in any 1950s gender stereotype, but because I hate the sound of it. Very ugly. “Muzz”. Arrgh. And it also signifies that whoever I am dealing with has not taken enough interest in me to ascertain my preferred title. Lazy. Of course, I accept the gender-political points, and I would happily welcome a more directly comparative version of “mister”, but it just ain’t happening. I also wonder whether you are missing a move among some career women to maintain their maiden names in their professional life even after marriage. I certainly know a number of women who do just that.

]]> http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2007/07/01/back-to-the-fifties/#comment-70215 Bernard Mon, 02 Jul 2007 12:07:25 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2007/07/01/back-to-the-fifties/#comment-70215 You're put your finger on something here, James. I've had several converstaions along those lines recently. Perhaps a related trend is the rise in casual homphobia among the age cohorts younger than us, expressed not just as belittling patronising homophobic stereotypes, but actual contempt ('that's so gay' etc.). Is it just not cool to be overtly political? You’re put your finger on something here, James. I’ve had several converstaions along those lines recently. Perhaps a related trend is the rise in casual homphobia among the age cohorts younger than us, expressed not just as belittling patronising homophobic stereotypes, but actual contempt (’that’s so gay’ etc.). Is it just not cool to be overtly political?

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