no, that's not how we say it here in the States.
It's just a Star Trek/SciFi thing it seems. There was one episode of Star Trek:Voyager where the female captain, Janeway, broke with Trek tradition and told her crew that she didn't care for the "Sir" title and instructed her underlings to address her as Ma'am.
In our Armed Forces, they say "Ma'am" when addressing a female superior officer.
Sadly, it's just the Politically Correct Hollywood types that want to brainwash us to think that there is something wrong with recognizing someone's gender who is in a authoritative role.
I like the show but I have a couple beefs with it.
1) Saying "sir" to a woman?! What's wrong with saying "Ma'am" and recognizing their gender? I don't personally think that would be demeaning to women. They say "Sir" to the woman President, but how come they don't say "Mr. President", instead they say "Madam President"? If the show's writers thought it was demeaning to say "Ma'am" to women, then surely they would have thought greeting someone "Madam" was equally demeaning.
2) I thought I would have had a problem with them changing Starbuck into a women, but the actress does a great job including some of the traits that many people liked about the old Starbuck. I do have a problem with Apollo. I understand they changed his character so he was a little more "West Point"-like. That's fine. The only problem I have with him is that he sounds a little effeminate. I understand the actor is British, but I think he needs to work on his American accent, because he's coming off a little gay. (Unless he is gay, at which point that brings up another plot twist.)
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no, that's not how we say it here in the States. It's just a Star Trek/SciFi thing it seems. There was one episode of Star Trek:Voyager where the female captain, Janeway, broke with Trek tradition and told her crew that she didn't care for the "Sir" title and instructed her underlings to address her as Ma'am. In our Armed Forces, they say "Ma'am" when addressing a female superior officer. Sadly, it's just the Politically Correct Hollywood types that want to brainwash us to think that there is something wrong with recognizing someone's gender who is in a authoritative role.
I like the show but I have a couple beefs with it.
1) Saying "sir" to a woman?! What's wrong with saying "Ma'am" and recognizing their gender? I don't personally think that would be demeaning to women. They say "Sir" to the woman President, but how come they don't say "Mr. President", instead they say "Madam President"? If the show's writers thought it was demeaning to say "Ma'am" to women, then surely they would have thought greeting someone "Madam" was equally demeaning.
2) I thought I would have had a problem with them changing Starbuck into a women, but the actress does a great job including some of the traits that many people liked about the old Starbuck. I do have a problem with Apollo. I understand they changed his character so he was a little more "West Point"-like. That's fine. The only problem I have with him is that he sounds a little effeminate. I understand the actor is British, but I think he needs to work on his American accent, because he's coming off a little gay. (Unless he is gay, at which point that brings up another plot twist.)