The use of this word which describes the illicit regular female partner of a married man has been banned by the Associated Press.
No explanation given.
Thoughts?
Alot of pussies out there these days.
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More PC insanity, and we're pussies for taking it!
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Maybe the AP's boss has a mistress. Or two!
shareReminds me of the change from Prostitute/Whore etc to Sex Worker. Sex Worker sounds worse in my opinion.
They did give a reason by the way https://justthenews.com/accountability/media/associated-press-journalists-should-avoid-word-mistress-use-companion-or-lover
Basically it is just more Socialist thought control and Cancel culture.
Double plus ungood.
share"We now say not to use the archaic and sexist term 'mistress' for a woman in a long-term sexual relationship with, and financially supported by, a man who is married to someone else," the account wrote.
That “financially supported by, a man“ jumps out at me as something that would offend them.
Think of all the strong independent mistresses!
shareNice research.
The thought that women can be attracted to a married man of means must be removed.
You might as well try to convince people that men are not beguiled by youth and beauty.
Thought control is right.
It must really mess with their concept of Sisterhood/Females helping each other too. The idea that there would be women out there who would sleep with another woman's husband!! Not to mention then claim a right to inheritance after he passes.
I like how they prefer the term partner or lover. Not quite the same thing and is probably insulting to the wife to call the Mistress those words.
"Lover" or "Partner" is also insulting also to the institution of marriage, since the term could be applied to a single person and gives the reader no nuance between the two.
Racial minority -> people of colour
Black -> African American
Fat -> big boned
Abortion -> pro-choice
Illegal immigrant -> undocumented migrant
Merry Christmas -> season's greetings
Drug addiction -> a disease
Illegal voter -> undocumented voter
Bias hiring -> affirmative action
Gender -> what you were assigned at birth
Indigenous, a word which only applies if you are non white as there are no concessions for the Indigenous white people of Europe.
shareWell that makes no sense. "Lover" or "companion" could both refer to a person (man or woman) having an affair with an unmarried man. "Companion" could also be a non-sexual relationship. The word "mistress" instantly conveys that the two people are in a sexual relationship and that the man is married to someone else.
Exactly the word Mistress is perfect.
shareSex Worker sounds worse in my opinion.
Not all sex workers copulate.
shareThat's my problem with the term "Sex Worker" it can apply to anything from a phone sex operator to webcam to stripper, prostitute, porn star etc.
It's just a wider word. Copulation engineer is too specific. Most of the time we, the jurnalist and the news reader, don't know (and don't care) if they do copulation or not.
The story is usually about a scandal done by famous people. As long as they had contact with a sex worker, whether it be a stripper, prostitute, porn star, etc. it's already news. The fact that they did copulate or not doesn't matter. The value of the story is the scandal itself.
After 60 years and now this; insanity.
shareAP exclusively using the term "slag" now.
shareProbably because it's not gender neutral. However, I think they should have just gone the other way and created the word 'malestriss' to describe kept men. But I'm not in charge of the AP's language policy.
shareYes, I thought about the gender neutral thing. That could be a reason.
But I also recalled something I read on the push-pull of conservative and liberal society.
Conservative thought wants a stasis in human behavior, that there are concrete shameful acts that are inhibitors of behavior.
An aspect of liberal thought is they want to free human behavior from shame.
The term 'mistress' most definitely makes clear that this is shameful behavior.
"Lover" or "Partner" gives no such judgement.
In the tug of war between conservative and liberal, the banning is a big tug for liberals.
Absolutely, thus my recommendation of 'malestriss' as a happy medium between shame and anxiety.
shareHas the term "cuckold" been banned by the AP?
shareBrand New Cadillac
https://youtu.be/uqTpZXcTc_s
They can try as much as they like however it will lead to this, "The lover/partner of the married man was resentful of his wife". It will just lead to clarification being required so people know the lover/partner being mention is additional to the man's wife.
Which in turn will lead to judgement.
In reading maybe, but in common language the use of the word "mistress" is sentence to death sometime in the near future.
New generations will be unfamiliar with the term, they will use..."are you his lover?" instead.
"What is a mistress?" could be a common question in 2050.
"Mistress" to me has an upper crust connotation to it. I think of millionaires and royalty, I don't tend to apply it to the guy down the street who is cheating on his wife.
It also makes me think of a leather clad whip wielding woman, usually a paid who engages in kink.
They might still need another term than lover though as there is a difference between a lover and a Mistress. Difference being a Mistress tends to be supported by her married lover.
"Courtesan" is another old word but perhaps has a nicer ring to it.