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Message: [QUOTE="Rocktheworld, post: 4998780, member: 5037"] You’re sticking to a colloquial, lay person’s perception of what connotes being a “Doctor”. The term “Doctor” is used for someone who has extremely specialized and intensive education/training in a complicated field i.e. a “doctoral” level of study. After all, a MD is simply a [I]Medical[/I] Doctor. The term Doctor has clearly never been exclusive to the medical field. Nobody with a DPT is putting MD after their name, and nobody with a PhD is jumping up on a plane in a medical emergency when someone asks who on board is a doctor. The title is about respect for the extensive, difficult time they’ve dedicated, and the life they otherwise could be living but set aside, to achieve a highly regarded level within their profession. I know countless DPTs and DNPs, and plenty of Clinical Psychologists sporting their PhD. A former girlfriend of mine certainly busted her ass and put her life on hold just as much as anyone who went through medical school and residency. You are certainly free to appreciate the qualitative differences between different iterations of Doctors; but it’s a silly thing to hold contempt over. [/QUOTE]