Rejected petition Standardise all female titles to Ms. regardless of marital status

There is no benefit to females being required to specify marital status through their name as “Miss” or “Mrs” and using one over the other can result in prejudice.
Males are considered “Mr” for their lifetime.
Although “Ms.” is currently an option, there are negative connetations with its use.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

It's not the UK Government's or Parliament's responsibility to stop people using their preferred title.

You could start a new petition asking for the Government to change the titles available to choose on government forms and documents, if that's what you want to happen.

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Date submitted 28 March 2019
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