Dr Siobhan O'Dwyer

Why don’t the trolls understand that it’s about equality?

I’ve got no idea. The vitriol in my feed at the moment is staggering.

I have a PhD and am an ordained minister and many people refer to me as “Mr”. Is that sexist! I think not! Ur too sensitive!!

I'd get it if you were a medical doctor but not a doctor of anthropology or something. Even "doctor" Indiana Jones let the Asian kid call him "Indy" on their plane.

Are you both a medical doctor and a PhD? Because if you’re not, how could you possibly know whether one is harder than the other? Or is this just about your perception of social status?

Well, "Doctor" , I know which one is more useful on a plane and it's not the "Doctor" of town planning! Also medicine is a lot harder, so they deserve the title more than someone that just hung around uni too long...

I’d say. The Dr that is useful in an emergency on a plane is probably dependant on the emergency. It seems that the only emergency we can think of is illness, not the fact it’s a huge steel structure thousands of feet in the air and a “Dr” or team of, may have designed it.

Whenever there’s a medical emergency on a plane, they always ask for a Medical Doctor to come forward. So they do know there are other kinds!

I think I'd the world had its time again, they would only let medical doctors be called doctor.

Bullshit it's about sexism. I have a PhD, and was in Qantas Chairman's Lounge (the highest status, invitation only) for over a dozen years. There were any number of times cabin crew referred to me as "Mr. Jensen". Last time I looked, I wasn't a woman being discriminated against!

I would have thought with a phd you would be able to make posts that make sense?

Perhaps if you saw it in the context of what O’Dwyer was complaining about, you would see it makes eminent sense. Context is everything!

My error. I had put in an extra full stop where there wasnt one.. "Bullshit. Its about sexism." In that context you seemed to agree with her then disagree in the same post. Lol

Your tweet is exactly about ego. How many male doctors write tweets to @qantas complaining they get called Mr & not Dr ? If they did, they would cop exactly same the responses as you.

Exactly bravo . It’s her fragile ego where studying defines her very nobility . As if from the middles ages and a peasant called her less than my lady

This is a ridiculous, unfounded argument. Millions of people, male and female, find zero offense at being addressed politely as "Miss," "Sir, "Ma'am," etc. Eight years of education does not entitle you to preferential treatment. If you were my doctor, I'd switch...stat.

Thing is ...she wouldn’t be your doctor because that’s an academic title & not a suggestion that she could be medically useful!!