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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not OP and haven't read the thread.

Personally I think honorifics should be done away with entirely. I don't think doctors should insist on Dr. I don't think professors should be Prof. I think the use of honorifics perpetuates power imbalances that on the whole aren't good. Let everyone go by first name. And yes, I have honorifics I could use but I don't.

An adult insisting another adult use a title is just cringeworthy behavior to me. [/quote]

I respect your opinion.  Would you consider reading the NYT article linked in this thread to see if any of the issues outlined there might, in your opinion, warrant an exception?  [/quote]

I will find it and read it.

Mostly I find the insistence on honorifics to be the vestiges of a racist and misogynistic history in which those honorifics were used as a way of keeping people who deserved it on their merits out of power.

You want respect? Earn it based on your behavior, not by insisting another adult address you with a title.[/quote]

I earned the right to respect - being called professor - through my behavior. Specifically, by writing my dissertation, defending it successfully, getting hired by a university, and earning tenure through teaching, publication, and service to the university. It's not an honorary title.

Sincerely,

A Professor[/quote]

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