What good does it do for someone to write about this on a
Christian web site. Because the person who needs to see this is evidently not going to see this artical because she would not be going on this web site. I won't say she is not a christian because I do not know her heart. But as we all know most of these politicians are to the very left.

When are we christians going to realize that what is going on in the world today from the government run car dealerships to the government run health care is not going to change and that what the Bible tells us in Revelations is coming to pass. When are we going to stand up for what is right? Even in raising our children they all expect someone to give them something. Wake up people!!! Let's see all of this as bible prophecy. It was a petti thing that occured but let's move on.

The article written about the Senator's self important admonition to the General was not petty! But it put the spotlight on an action that WAS petty. The Senator, if she was aware of the policy of the military, (and if she wasn't she SHOULD have been)that their stand of insistence on using the terms of "Sir" or "Ma'am" as an address of respect. I can imagine the respect that General then held for the female Senator! They were in an area where each one knew the titles of the other....how egoistical the Senator must be! She may have gained the concession of the General, but disgust of general Americans.

Senator Boxer committed an ingracious faux pas but I'm not sure what that has to do with feminism; an insistance on title is hardly a flaw limited to the feminist camp.

Ever known someone with a Ph.D that insisted that everyone know that he/ she is DR. so-and-so?

A guest speaker at a church retreat was surprised by the comfortable way everyone - adult & youth alike - referred to our pastor as "Pastor Ted". He said that his own pastor would never have allowed that degree of familiarity and strictly insisted upon being called "Reverend" followed by his last name.

A homeschooling mother of four (not a feminist)and follower of the "Growing Kids God's Way" methodology created a small stir in our church's children's program when she insisted that the children call her "Mrs. Jones" (name changed) even though though all the teachers go by "Miss Amy", "Mr. John", etc.

Jesus warned the disciples (male)of seeking titles in Matthew 23:1- 12. The issue is humility - not feminism.

One could just as easily say, "Last week a member of our armed services treated the world to a shocking display of rudeness toward a U.S. senator."

Every woman is a"Ma'am". (If they look too old to be a "Miss".) Few people of either gender ever attain the title Senator, let's address them as such. (...Why is her "right" to become a senator in quotation marks, as though it's questionable whether she should have had the right to work so hard to get that title?)

Did she HAVE TO point it out? No. Maybe it was petty. But not as petty as writing a whole article about it.

As for the quandries males face, it's really not that hard. When to open a door... if you see a person with their hands full, open the door for them. If they look tired or pained, offer them your seat. Would you extend the same courtesy to another man? Then extend it to a woman as well. You know, common sense.

Males are "bullied" by this concept, and "vulnerable to attack"? and FEMINISTS have a psychosis? Please.

Thank you Ms. Hagelin for pointing out the inappropriate behavior of the Senator.
You spoke very eloquently (and kindly might I add) about what happened and I can't agree with you more or add anything to your well written article.
I hope the good General knows that the Senator is NOT representative of women like you and me who appreciate terms of respect for what they are.

I'm a soon to be 45 y/o white male living in Augusta, GA. Actually, I already am a white male living in Augusta, but soon I will be 45 y/o, so yeah, me! My household while growing up consisted only of my father and two brothers, but my father was very strick and unwavering regarding our manners. Even when I was in the military some years later, other airmen would always point out after my phone calls how they've never heard anyone say "yes sir" and "yes ma'am" so many times. One thing that I've learned over these almost 45 years, though, is that it's respectful to address someone in the manner they wish to be addressed (within reason, of course). My Uncle Clyde (no, Jamie Fox, he wasn't really "mine", we were just related...but if Michael Jackson really did "belong" to you...well...that's your business, I guess) was a state representative in SC for a time and my cousin, Strom Thurmond, well, everybody knows about him. Of all the people I've met along the way, respect was PRIMARY!