Mrs Yvette Cooper - BBC and titles - AIBU?

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Knickersnolongerinatwist · 23/08/2025 09:21

A few months ago the BBC announced that they were going to stop using ordinary titles in news reports. They would continue to use titles such as president. About time too, I thought.

Just now on BBC Breakfast (sat 23rd aug approx 9:10am) they referred to the home secretary as "Mrs Yvette Cooper" and I was surprised that they seem to have reverted to using titles again and either
A) Yvette Cooper is choosing to use Mrs Cooper despite not being married to a Mr Cooper (although I can think of one person I know who did this upon marriage I don't think its a particularly common move)
Or
B) the BBC reporter chose the wrong title for her.
AIBU to think it's B?
And AIB doubly U to think reverting to using (pointless) titles is a poormmove by the BBC?

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NoVibrato · 23/08/2025 20:43

UpMyself · 23/08/2025 19:26

@NoVibrato , I don't really like the way people say it as Muzz. I say it as Miz.
I thought it was the female equivalent of Mr, i.e. adult female, but the 'living with, not married' or 'divorced' meanings seem prevalent and I still get things addressed Mrs.
My bosom is too ample for me to burn my bra.

I thought feminist meant believing women should be treated as equal to men, but that's been taken to mean man-hater.

It is pronounced MIZ in the States. And it is crazy how quickly the meaning of Ms, got distorted! As has the meaning of feminist . . . .

Imperativvv · 23/08/2025 21:07

I actually think it's the opposite of crazy. It makes perfect sense to me, as a Ms, that people who for whatever reason resent it (and there are clearly shitloads) would do their best to undermine it.

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