Best: Get rid of Mr., Mrs., Miss, Ms, Dr., etc. Just call people by their names.
2nd Best: Get rid of Dr. The honorific make society even more unequal.
3rd best: Apply Dr. only to people with Doctorates that did not become medical doctors. They make less than MDs and thus giving them this honor boost equality among those with PhDs.
4th best: Apply Dr. to all people with PhDs.
Worst: Apply Dr. only to physicians.
Of course we choose the worst option in America.
What’s wrong with this country?
PS. On the other hand, at least we are not Great Britain (Lord this, Sir that). And that abomination “Her Majesty”? How can anyone say something like that without laughing?