In Reply to: Doctoral designations: I am mystified by . . . posted by BluBlood on December 17, 2024 at 07:55:08
they don't consider their betters using the title, which would typically be the case when a woman or an ethnic minority does do. These people do have a mental picture, after all, as to who deserves that kind of title (and the respect that it evokes), and so when the person who holds it doesn't fit into that mental picture, they short out.
It's what happens when people have fragile egos.