# Oh goodie. Now we have the political sexist take on who gets to be called "Dr"

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**Created:** [December 14, 2020, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-goodie-now-we-have-the-political-sexist-take-on-who-gets-to-be-called-dr/927973 "2020-12-14T00:51:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-goodie-now-we-have-the-political-sexist-take-on-who-gets-to-be-called-dr/927973/20 "2020-12-14T03:59:03Z")

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Personally if I had my way, only medical professionals would be called “Doctor” or “Dr.”.

BUT since that train has left the station- he is pretty much wrong, wrong wrong.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/WrjwaqZfjIY/hqdefault.jpg "Dr Cox - Wrong Wrong Wrong Wrong") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrjwaqZfjIY)

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