AP recommends mistress be replaced with friend or companion; trolled on social media
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London: The Associated Press is being lampooned online after its style guide weeded out the term âmistressâ from the lexicon because the word âimplies that the woman was solely responsible for the affair.â Instead, the AP Stylebook, used by journalists and writers as sort of a thumb rule, recommends that the term be replaced by gender-neutral words like âcompanion,â âfriend,â or âlover.â
The AP initially recommended the elimination of the term âmistressâ last year, but a tweet reminding the public of the change went viral on Wednesday. âDon t use the term mistress for a woman who is in a long-term sexual relationship with, and is financially supported by, a man who is married to someone else,â the AP tweeted.
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