http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/7500/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/dont-call-her-maam-natalie-angiers-latest-complaints-against-male-species <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Natalie Angier takes on the insulting honorific, then insults men: &quot;Behind the link between &#039;ma&#039;am&#039; and &#039;old&#039; is the familiar feminist observation that, whereas a man remains &#039;mister&#039; and &#039;sir&#039; from nursery to nursing home, a woman&#039;s honorifics change depending on her marital status and, barring that, her age....For many women, then, the insertion of the word &#039;ma&#039;am&#039; into an otherwise pleasant social exchange can feel like a tiny jab, an unnecessary station-break to comment on one&#039;s appearance: Hello, middle-aged- to elderly-looking woman, how may I help you this evening? Thanks, prematurely balding man with the weak chin, I&#039;ll take that table over there, in the corner.&quot; </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Science writer Natalie Angier talked to some women annoyed at being called "ma'am" for the Sunday Week in Review ("<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/weekinreview/29angier.html?pagewanted=all">Just Don't Call Me...Ma'am</a>") and worked in a typical jab at the male of the species.<br /><br /></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/dont-call-her-maam-natalie-angiers-latest-complaints-against-male-species" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch liberalmediabias Ma'am men NatalieAngier NewYorkTimes NewYorkTimesbias Science TimesWatch Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:58:00 +0000 admin 7792 at http://archive2.mrc.org