Original - can you not see the irony in that you are arguing about names/status and then ask to be called 'Dr'
I don't see the irony here either.
Do you not see that a professional title that denotes years of hard work and qualification to work in a particular field (and in fact pretending to be a doctor and working in this field is a crime) is not a matter of 'status'? Whereas marital status or presumed sexual availability is what the Miss/Mrs thing is all about?
When I was much younger my mother explained an archaic scheme that used to operate when she was young. The oldest daughter was Miss Surname, whereas younger sisters were Miss Penelope, Miss Matilda, Miss Lucretia, etc., no matter how many of them there were. I had a great time sticking my younger sisters' noses in that one until one of them beaned me with a dictionary. Same for the oldest boy -- Master Surname, followed by Master Tarquin, Master Peregrine, Master Rupert, etc.
In the American South, older women are called Miss [Firstname]. And it annoys the pants off me that the custom in the DCs' primary school seems to be to call all the female teachers 'Miss' no matter what they prefer to be called themselves.