alt Hacker Newshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs.#Modern_usage
“It is generally considered polite to address a woman by Ms. rather than Mrs., unless the preference of the woman in question is clearly known. This is especially true in written communication, as dictated by professional etiquette. […] It is normally considered correct to address a woman as Ms. [Lastname], regardless of her marital status.”
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I personally think there should be a signifier that indicates whether a man is married. How convenient for people like Mr. Huang that there isn't.
Once that's in place, I would feel better about the use of Mrs.
Obligatory reference to Douglas Hofstsdter’s parody about gendered pronouns where he imagines an alternate reality in which English pronouns are race-based instead of gender-based, and they have the Miss/Mrs. distinction, but only non-whites have to use it, and it’s based on whether you have a job — because obviously only non-whites need to advertise this.
https://www.cs.virginia.edu/~evans/cs655/readings/purity.htm...
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This applies mostly to the US, to a lesser extent to the UK, and to a much lesser extent (or not at all) to the dozen or so other Anglosphere countries.
But as we all know, the US is all that matters, so you may as well state outright that it “is so”, and move on.
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>It is generally considered polite to address a woman by Ms. rather than Mrs., unless the preference of the woman in question is clearly known.
Hm. Weird. Never seen that before. Let's check the source, emilypost.com:
>Mx. Is the universal title that can be used by anyone. It is gender non-identifying. Even if you identify specifically with a gender you may still use Mx. and you may see Mx. used when the sender is unaware of your title.
https://emilypost.com/advice/guide-to-addressing-corresponde...
OK, im out. I'm immediately out.