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It began with:
O’Dwyer was boarding a Qantas plane when a flight attendant reportedly looked at her boarding pass — which said “Dr. O’Dwyer” — and instead addressed her as “Miss O’Dwyer.”
“Do not look at my ticket, look at me, look back at my ticket, decide it’s a typo, and call me Miss O’Dwyer,” Dwyer shared on social media. “I did not spend 8 years at university to be called Miss.”
Siobhan O’Dwyer clapped back at critics. (Photo: Twitter/DrSiobhanO’Dwyer)
O’Dwyer is a senior lecturer in Aging and Family Care at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom with a PhD.
Her original tweet received more than 8,000 likes and sparked a conversation about casual sexism, with passionate opinions supporting the academic.
However, she has also received a barrage of hate mail from outraged members of the public. According to a recent post, she has asked Twitter to filter out threatening messages. “Sincere apologies if you’ve contacted me for a legitimate reason & not had a response,” she wrote on Thursday. “In an effort to filter out the vitriol, Twitter has inadvertently filtered out some of the kindness & genuine enquiries. Bear with.”
When asked about the specific incident, Qantas commented on their crew’s behavior in general. “We are extremely proud of our cabin crew who respectfully serve our customers day in and day out and play a vital safety role,” A Qantas spokesperson told Yahoo on Thursday. “Our crew treat all passengers with the utmost respect, regardless of age, gender, and occupation.”
Source:Woman slams airline for calling her 'Miss' instead of 'Doctor': 'This was not about my ego'
As someone who has accomplishments academically and have acronymns next to my name, I have to say this is the most ridiculous thing I've read and it kinda makes me wonder whether it is true of the stereotype of the British culture who pride themselves on being "proper and bourgeois English people." Being called "Miss" is not a sign of casual sexism, it is a sign of respect. My mother always taught me that you must treat the elderly and those that are older than you with respect because they are not your equal (by this she equated having living a longer life with wisdom). This is certainly about ego as there are many clinicians, physicians, as well as those that hold a doctorate are hung up on titles. Easy to hide behind sexism when you're called out on something so egotistical and trivial.
O’Dwyer was boarding a Qantas plane when a flight attendant reportedly looked at her boarding pass — which said “Dr. O’Dwyer” — and instead addressed her as “Miss O’Dwyer.”
“Do not look at my ticket, look at me, look back at my ticket, decide it’s a typo, and call me Miss O’Dwyer,” Dwyer shared on social media. “I did not spend 8 years at university to be called Miss.”
Siobhan O’Dwyer clapped back at critics. (Photo: Twitter/DrSiobhanO’Dwyer)
O’Dwyer is a senior lecturer in Aging and Family Care at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom with a PhD.
Her original tweet received more than 8,000 likes and sparked a conversation about casual sexism, with passionate opinions supporting the academic.
However, she has also received a barrage of hate mail from outraged members of the public. According to a recent post, she has asked Twitter to filter out threatening messages. “Sincere apologies if you’ve contacted me for a legitimate reason & not had a response,” she wrote on Thursday. “In an effort to filter out the vitriol, Twitter has inadvertently filtered out some of the kindness & genuine enquiries. Bear with.”
When asked about the specific incident, Qantas commented on their crew’s behavior in general. “We are extremely proud of our cabin crew who respectfully serve our customers day in and day out and play a vital safety role,” A Qantas spokesperson told Yahoo on Thursday. “Our crew treat all passengers with the utmost respect, regardless of age, gender, and occupation.”
Source:Woman slams airline for calling her 'Miss' instead of 'Doctor': 'This was not about my ego'
As someone who has accomplishments academically and have acronymns next to my name, I have to say this is the most ridiculous thing I've read and it kinda makes me wonder whether it is true of the stereotype of the British culture who pride themselves on being "proper and bourgeois English people." Being called "Miss" is not a sign of casual sexism, it is a sign of respect. My mother always taught me that you must treat the elderly and those that are older than you with respect because they are not your equal (by this she equated having living a longer life with wisdom). This is certainly about ego as there are many clinicians, physicians, as well as those that hold a doctorate are hung up on titles. Easy to hide behind sexism when you're called out on something so egotistical and trivial.
