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Mademoiselle

Little Miss Know Your Place - Are You a Miss, a Ms or a Mrs?

Jessica Bower | Posted 19.05.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Gender Equality, Mademoiselle, Women's Titles, Sexism, Marital Titles, Mrs, Marital Status, Gender Issues, Miss, Ms, UK Women, Femininity, UK Lifestyle News
Jessica Bower

Within British culture, being designated 'the missus' carries significantly less glamorous and dignified connotations than 'Madame'. The anodyne and slightly self-conscious 'Ms' is hardly more appealing, although it does at least attempt to define women independent of their marital status.

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Why I Don't Mind Being a Mademoiselle

Eleanor Stanford | Posted 30.04.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: France, Mademoiselle, Language, Feminism, Nicolas Sarkozy, Women's Rights, François Fillon, UK Politics, Marital Status, Paris, UK Lifestyle, UK Lifestyle News
Eleanor Stanford

Paris - and France - no longer has any mademoiselles. Luckily this is not in the wake of a mass exodus of les jeunes, but thanks to new legislation banning the title from all state literature.

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