Brussels + PC brigade = Daily Mail OUTRAGE!

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I guess the cause of offense is that men are not so defined by their marriage status. They are Mr. by birth. Women are the ones who have to change their social identity when married. I think its the inconsistency between sexes that is at issue, which makes me side with Deckard.

And I agree with Sean, its unfair to say this is as much of an injustice as calling someone "chink" or "nigger". But I do find it real problem. That's because I think it stems from the idea that men feel entitled to enjoy fulfilling their own promiscuous desires, but women are generally inventoried, processed, and labeled. Just because men are too insecure to accept the idea they have their own sexual identity.

I see calling a woman Mrs. Bob Nobberton when they get married a gentle variation on the theme of having women wear burkhas after marrying, nothing but black when they are widowed, and/or thrown on the funeral pyre.