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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsQuestion about Dr. Mary Trump. She is a licensed clinical psychologist, and yet, unlike with idiot
and charlatan phil mcgraw, NOBODY (including Rachel, which blew me away) addresses her, or refers to her, that way. Her title is not even on her book. Now, unless she specifically requested that the earned honorific be left off, and not used in interviews or reviews, it appears to me to be a not-so-subtle denigration.
Can someone explain this, because it irritates me no end (and yes, with everything going on, might seem trivial, but misogyny continues, even in chaos).
MaryMagdaline
(6,849 posts)No one refers to him as Dr C outside of the college where he teaches. Since she doesnt practice, maybe she doesnt use the title
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)title. He has a corporate job where he is just listed by his name and position.
ProfessorGAC
(64,413 posts)If I put all the letters that could be after my name, I would have needed a bigger business card!
And nobody, ever(!) has even been allowed to call me "doctor".
Even at guest lectures, " mister" was fine by me.
It strikes me as pretentious, even though many PhDs have an equal education to physicians
Maybe that's why some use the did thing.
Just not for me.
whistler162
(11,155 posts)Doctor since she has a doctorate in PoliSci? It comes down to how the person wants to be addressed.
hlthe2b
(101,698 posts)trying to offer a professional analysis of him, so that, i think is why it is not emphasized.
Spazito
(49,732 posts)and the author determines how their name will read on the cover, I would be reluctant to say misogyny is at play here in every instance. She may have stated a preference to be identified simply as Mary Trump rather than Doctor Mary Trump because her book is not primarily focused on her expertise as a clinical psychologist, it is about her experience as a member of the trump family and especially focused on her uncle, the squatter in chief.
AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)That is enough right there to establish her bona fides.
Spazito
(49,732 posts)only a question on why no one is using Dr. Mary Trump or, as you posit, Mary Trump, PH.D as opposed to simply Mary Trump.
I didn't know that she also has Bachelors and Masters degrees in English Literature from Tufts University and Columbia University.
Very impressive bona fides for sure.
Phoenix61
(16,949 posts)It is, as you said, misogyny. A male PhD wouldnt have to ask to be called Doctor. As far as the book title goes, she wrote it from the perspective of his niece not as a psychologist.
Baltimike
(4,123 posts)FakeNoose
(32,328 posts)It's a title of respect to call someone "Doctor" however each person decides whether they want to go by that title. Lots of people choose not to use the title, even though they have earned it.
Someone just pointed out that Rachel Maddow is a perfect example.
Croney
(4,646 posts)and he said that if all the groveling students calling him Professor Schelling and Dr. Schelling really knew how to suck up, they would call him the ultimate title of respect, which was Mr. Schelling.
But maybe that was just him.
nolabear
(41,915 posts)Im sure she chose to have her long-standing familial connection be the major factor when people read the book. Her clinical expertise is lagniappe and gives her great language to use, but I think her choice to be the niece and inside source is a smart one.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)mental health pros from diagnosing public figures they haven't personally examined.
Mentioning her (prior) profession on her book, or while being interviewed or talked about would at least imply that she is talking from a professional perspective.
McGraw actually does have his psychology doctorate, but gave up his license when he discovered it's far more profitable to spread bullshit when he doesn't have to worry about such things.
And, btw, I'm not sure how it happened, but only MDs seem to be able to get way with the the Doctor honorific. PhDs don't get no respect.
niyad
(112,424 posts)TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)spooky3
(34,300 posts)Dr. X. But that doesnt mean that the rest of us should ignore the title.
niyad
(112,424 posts)niyad
(112,424 posts)Hekate
(90,188 posts)Televisions a funny medium, though. There is a lot of what my husband calls phony leveling there meaning were all supposed to be just the same, even if were not.
Sometimes I get irked when a guest with a tremendous amount of expertise is reduced to their first name, as if his/her knowledge was on a level with the tv audience and the interviewer.
Rachels good about titles, though. Madam Secretary, Mr Vice President, Dr Fauci.
In what passes for regular life, PhDs dont get called doctor much off-campus, and unless you do have a career in academia, all of life is off-campus.
niyad
(112,424 posts)moondust
(19,917 posts)So there is no confusion over whether her comments are intended to be a clinical diagnosis.
niyad
(112,424 posts)obamanut2012
(25,905 posts)It lists her Ph.D.
It is not common in the US to list yourself as "Dr. Mickey Mouse," but rather "Mickey Mouse, Ph.D." Most people who do tend to be a tad douchey, in my experience.