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Is this the kind of crap that subtly undermines women?

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duchesse · 13/11/2012 09:21

Friend and his wife are both acknowledged authorities in their (similar) fields. Both have been separately invited to speak at something. Both have same honorary title. She always uses her own surname, has never used his.

Hotel booking when they arrived was for (for example) "Dr FirstName LastName & Mrs HisFirstName HisLastName".

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anklebitersmum · 13/11/2012 09:52

I hate this kind of 1900's attitude. My favourite examples to date are;

the tv licensing lot who, when they'd visited me in my home (one day after I'd moved in) and wrote to a ficticious MR after seeing my license to say they'd spoken to a '3rd party' at the house and there'd be no further action.
cue angry phonecall
Phoned and eventually got a written apology-that included an apology for the customer service girl refusing to speak to me because it was in MR's name! Angry

and

a well known power company who wouldn't speak to me "because bills had been put in hubbys name". not quite sure how he managed that from abroad using my details and bank account though Hmm

OxyMoron · 13/11/2012 09:39

Yep, same here. 'mrs dhname' is not a name I recognise. It certainly isn't mine and I won't have it forced on me.

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duchesse · 13/11/2012 09:34

She did! But still, it makes my blood boil that they would do it in the first place.

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OxyMoron · 13/11/2012 09:32

I don't think it subtly undermines women. I think it blatantly undermines women. I would have asked the hotel to change the names.