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Expecting everyone to advertise a gender doesn't make any sense to me. My children aren't in school to date their teachers. [/quote]

So should we stop using Mr., Miss, etc.?  Just go by surnames?[/quote]

I would 100% support this.

It's laughable that someone says people shouldn't advertise gender, and doesn't realize that calling someone Mr. or Mrs. or Ms. is.....advertising gender.[/quote]

It's a bit crazy for anyone to say that using Mr. or Mrs. is "advertising gender" when for 99.9% of adults it's quite obvious which they are - it's about etiquette, and I think most parents would agree that using an honorific with unrelated adults (whether it's e.g. Mr. first name or Mr. last name) is a good (or at least not a bad) habit for kids to develop[/quote]

Lol.  A gendered honorific is advertising gender.  Period.  You can say that they are otherwise advertising their gender through what they look like, but the gendered honorific ALSO advertises gender.[/quote]

man, you would really fall apart in most countries that have gendered nouns! [/quote]

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