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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So there's the idea that it's nice to call people what they prefer to be called... regardless of whether you think their title is undeserved, or doesn't deserve respect, or they're crazy to insist on it...[/quote]

There's also the idea of not condescendingly correcting your colleague like a pompous ass.[/quote]

It is not condescending or pompous to let your colleagues know what you prefer to be called.

It's like asking about and correctly using someone's designated pronoun in order to show respect for their identity, which I'm told the kids all do these days.[/quote]

This isn't the same as saying, "Oh, I actually go by James instead of Jim" or "Actually I identify as a woman, please call me Karen". This is someone trying to assert superiority by having OP refer to her as "Dr. Smith" while she continues to call OP by her first name.

And as everyone else on this thread has pointed out, when PhDs do that, it is extremely comical.[/quote]

Sure it is the same. Being a PhD is part of their identity - and obviously, a very important part to them, since they spent 6 to 10 years obtaining it.

It is not an assertion of superiority to ask someone to use the correct title that you prefer them to use.[/quote]

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