[BipiewExifese]

This is still a form of discrimination. It is every womans right to be called Mr or Sir if she wants to.
lets make it clear with an example
It has always been my right to have the title of Prince, although now since my fathers death last year, my title is now "'King Paul"' for short, although my full title is much longer.

[markshome23]

first thing I checked was their IPs but they were different

[Baromaro]

I have always campained for equal rights for both men and woman, and to me this is still a form of discrimination. It is every womans right to be called Mr or Sir if she wants to. It has always been my right to have the title of Prince, although now since my fathers death last year, my title is now "'King Paul"' for short, although my full title is much longer.

This is still a form of discrimination. It is every womans right to be called Mr or Sir if she wants to.
lets make it clear with an example
It has always been my right to have the title of Prince, although now since my fathers death last year, my title is now "'King Paul"' for short, although my full title is much longer.

Did someone forget to log the right account?

or are there two of them now?

[Usendyduexy]

Women to get choice of Mrs, Miss


From the middle of this year, married women, divorcees and widows will be allowed to decide whether they want to be addressed as Miss or Mrs.

The legislation relating to women's titles will take effect from June 4, according to Suchit Tripitak, deputy director-general of the Office of Women's Affairs and Family Development.

"The legislation was announced in the Royal Gazette on February 5 and will be enforced 120 days after the announcement, which falls on June 4," he said.

"Since we want women to have equal rights with men, they should be able to choose the title they want. In the next four months, women's titles will identify only their gender, not their marital status as in the past."

Meanwhile, a draft bill that would allow people to change their titles after undergoing a sex change operation was not passed by the previous legislature, the National Legislative Assembly.

"Some contents of the draft bill have been found to affect other acts, for instance the Civil Registration Act. We have to discuss the effects on other acts to adjust appropriate details in the draft before we submit it to the new government for consideration," Suchit said.

Wannapa Phetdee

The Nation

[markshome23]

miss = nang sao , right?

[twiffatticy]

miss = nang sao , right?

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[kranskregyan]

I'm not sure it's going to make much difference in reality. As yet unmarried women still don't have any choice and so are still going to be ¹Ò§ÊÒÇ, and you'd imagine that the majority of women will opt to become ¹Ò§ once they get married even if they don't legally have to. If they're going to the effort of legislative reform surely it would make more sense to introduce a new title like "Ms." in English that can be used by any women without showing marital status ?

[monologue]

So when you address a woman later this year and you don't know whether they are married or not, what would you do? Presumably ppl will stick to the old style of addressing women for a long time.
Or will it become common to ask women if they are married? Like asking someone their age so you know whether to call them pi or nong?

[Mjyzpzph]

So when you address a woman later this year and you don't know whether they are married or not, what would you do?

Not sure what your saying here as the point of the change in the law is that afterwards a married woman can choose to remain a Miss as opposed to now where she automatically becomes Mrs?

David

[kranskregyan]

So when you address a woman later this year and you don't know whether they are married or not, what would you do? In Thai, you've already got the unisex word ¤Ø³ "Khun" that you use before someone's name when addressing them in speech anyway. The ¹Ò§ / ¹Ò§ÊÒÇ titles the article is referring to are mainly used in writing, like when filling in forms or addressing letters. I guess having ¤Ø³ means there's not quite the need to have a "Ms." equivalent in Thai that there was in English, although I still think one is necessary if they're going to comply with their stated ambition of "we want women to have equal rights with men" in this respect.

[monologue]

I think I get it now tho not sure. Where would the new form of address be used? Like when writing a formal letter for a job interview, stuff like that where marital status should be irrelevant?

[Mjyzpzph]

Well for starters on house registration books and ID cards, these are both changed from ¹Ò§ÊÒÇ (Miss) to ¹Ò§ (Mrs) when a marriage is registered. I also used to use ¹Ò§ÊÒÇ and now use ¹Ò§ after we were married, when addressing letters to my wife

David

[pfcwlkxav]

There are also anomalies that this legislation addresses.

For example, my wife was forced to change her title from ¹Ò§ÊÒÇ to ¹Ò§ when she applied for a passport because, even though we hadn't registered our marriage, we already had a child.

Later on, when buying a house, there were problems when my wife insisted she wasn't married, but the bank insisted on seeing her divorce papers - all because of her change in title.

[zlopikanikanzax]

I'll use Mrs. as my title after married cuz first, to let everybody know i'm married, and second to show my husband how i'm proud of being married to a guy like him.

[Yswxomvy]

In Thai, you've already got the unisex word ¤Ø³ "Khun" that you use before someone's name when addressing them in speech anyway. The ¹Ò§ / ¹Ò§ÊÒÇ titles the article is referring to are mainly used in writing, like when filling in forms or addressing letters. I guess having ¤Ø³ means there's not quite the need to have a "Ms." equivalent in Thai that there was in English, although I still think one is necessary if they're going to comply with their stated ambition of "we want women to have equal rights with men" in this respect.

I heard that women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.
LOL

[lovespellszz]

Until　now, what has happened when a Thai woman gets divorced? Do they just go back to Miss and use their maiden names? If so, is it automatic, or is there some kind of application or official forms to fill out?
Is it possible for them to keep the surname they had when they were married?

[Baromaro]

Thats one reason why some are reluctant to register their marriage officially.

[freeringsf]

When a Thai woman get's married legally she automatically becomes a Mrs. after she get's divorced she can not change it back to Ms.

That's why it is very hard for a divorced Thai woman to find a husband again.

And that's what all the "Sin Sod" is about to have a future start help in case she get's divorced.

[monologue]

We use different words. Playboy is farrang word but in Thai "butterfly'' means basically the same thing, same idea.

[zlopikanikanzax]

I asked the Thai girls why such a rule, came a rather interesting and funny reply.

“We get married to Thai men after a few years will have mia noi (mistress), we will get divorced. Change to Mrs not good, difficult to find husband again.”

“If we get married to foreigner, maybe change to Mrs, because na, foreigner love wife mak mak, not playboy.”

I thought the word playboy was from the West.