Andrea Mitchell's name is Andrea Mitchell

[Ms. Toad]

132. The point isn't her feelings.

or whether she is a feminist or not.

Sexism hurts all of us, whether it is directed at us or not. So the particular target is completely irrelevant - as is the intent with which something is said. What matters is the bigger picture - what is the effect on women of using gender, or of erasing women, as an insult.

And in this case, using Mrs. Greenspan (or Mrs. Alan Greenspan) is even clearer. Not everyone knows who Andrea Mitchell is married to - so calling her Mrs. Greenspan means that a significant portion of the population will not even know who you are referring to. So it is not just erasing by refusing to call her by her name, it is erasing because no such person exists - so the name used as an insult wipes her out entirely (for many of us).