University Shouldn’t Punish Me for Not Addressing Male Student as ‘Ms.’0

• Culture
• August 31, 2020

Returning from a sabbatical in my 21st year at Ohio’s Shawnee State University, I resumed teaching my regular political philosophy course. Taking questions in one such class at the end of my first day back, I acknowledged a male student with a “Yes, sir?” (It’s my practice to address my students in this way and