Posted on Aug 7, 2014

Can we refer to female officers as Madam?

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Ma'am is a contraction of Madam, ergo is it alright to remove the contraction when speaking to a female superior?

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I wouldn't, just stick with "Ma'am". My bet is that saying "Madam" would make a U.S. female officer feel as if she were a fragile English woman serving hot tea or something along those lines and she wouldn't feel respected. This isn't the U.K.

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SFC Kathy Pepper

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Or that she is in charge of a bordello, I mean barracks, of very *friendly* females.

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MAJ Ken Landgren

Posted 3 y ago

Some madams run brothels.

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Proceed with that one at your own risk.

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