{"id":427290,"date":"2021-04-15T13:06:08","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T17:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=427290"},"modified":"2021-04-15T13:06:11","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T17:06:11","slug":"word-police-ap-stylebook-bans-use-of-the-term-mistress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/word-police-ap-stylebook-bans-use-of-the-term-mistress\/","title":{"rendered":"Word Police: AP Stylebook Bans Use Of The Term \u2018Mistress\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fword-police-ap-stylebook-bans-use-of-the-term-mistress%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=427290&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2040.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Associated Press, once the model for clear and concise language, has banned another word: \u201cmistress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The AP Stylebook, used by writers and editors across the industry, has eliminated the term because the word \u201cimplies that the woman was solely responsible for the affair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the stylebook advises the use of the gender-neutral words \u201ccompanion,\u201d \u201cfriend,\u201d or \u201clover.\u201d The move was made last year but went viral online when the AP posted a tweet on the subject on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t 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,\u201d the AP tweeted. \u201cInstead, use an alternative like companion, friend or lover on first reference and provide additional details later.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"13.3875\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Don&#8217;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. Instead, use an alternative like companion, friend or lover on first reference and provide additional details later.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 APStylebook (@APStylebook) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/APStylebook\/status\/1382006538026561537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In a follow-up tweet, the news agency wrote: \u201cWe understand it\u2019s problematic that the alternative terms fall short. But we felt that was better than having one word for a woman and none for the man, and implying that the woman was solely responsible for the affair.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.504823151125\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We added this guidance last year; it&#8217;s not new.<br \/>We understand it&#8217;s problematic that the alternative terms fall short. But we felt that was better than having one word for a woman and none for the man, and implying that the woman was solely responsible for the affair.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 APStylebook (@APStylebook) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/APStylebook\/status\/1382329126166654982?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For the record, Merriam-Wester <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/mistress\">defines<\/a> the term as \u201ca woman other than his wife with whom a married man has a continuing sexual relationship.\u201d But that\u2019s the fourth definition: 1) \u201c<span class=\"dt \"><span class=\"dtText\">a woman who has power, authority, or ownership: such as <\/span><\/span><span class=\"dt \"><span class=\"dtText\">the female head of a household\u201d; 2) \u201c<\/span><\/span><span class=\"dt \"><span class=\"dtText\">a female teacher or tutor\u201d and \u201c<\/span><\/span><span class=\"dt \"><span class=\"dtText\">a woman who has achieved mastery in some field\u201d; 3) \u201csomething personified as female that rules, directs, or dominates.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The AP has been making changes to its stylebook, including last month. President Joe Biden doesn\u2019t want to call the current situation at the U.S.-Mexico border a \u201ccrisis,\u201d so the AP announced it won\u2019t use the word, either.<\/p>\n<p>They told reporters and editors to avoid using the word \u201ccrisis,\u201d saying the border is not in crisis. For the record, Webster\u2019s Dictionary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/crisis?src=search-dict-hed\">defines<\/a>&nbsp;\u201ccrisis\u201d as \u201can unstable or crucial time or state of affairs in which a decisive change is impending.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an internal memo last week, titled \u201cFrom the Standards Center: A note about the current increase in border entrances,\u201d AP Vice President and Editor-at-Large for Standards John Daniszewski said the border situation doesn\u2019t meet that standard,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/associated-press-denies-that-border-crisis-is-a-crisis\">according<\/a>&nbsp;to The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe current events in the news \u2013 a sharp increase in the arrival of unaccompanied minors \u2013 is a problem for border officials, a political challenge for Biden and a dire situation for many migrants who make the journey, but it does not fit the classic dictionary definition of a crisis,\u201d the memo reads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTherefore,\u201d it adds, \u201cwe should avoid, or at least, be highly cautious, about referring to the present situation as a crisis on our own, although we may quote others using that language.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a later blog&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ap.org\/behind-the-news\/describing-whats-happening-at-the-us-border\">post<\/a>, Daniszewski elaborated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe current event in the news \u2014 a sharp increase in the arrival of unaccompanied minors \u2014 is a problem for border officials, a political challenge for Biden, and a dire situation for many migrants who make the journey, but it does not fit the classic dictionary definition of a crisis, which is: \u2018turning point in the course of anything; decisive or crucial time, stage, or event,\u2019 OR \u2018a time of, or a state of affairs involving, great danger or trouble, often one which threatens to result in unpleasant consequences [an economic crisis].\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf using the word \u2018crisis,\u2019 we need to ask of what and to whom. There could be a humanitarian crisis if the numbers grow so large that officials cannot house the migrants safely or in sanitary conditions. Migrants may face humanitarian crises in their home countries. In theory, there could be a security or a border crisis if officials lose control of the border, allowing people to enter unencumbered in large numbers. But, in general, avoid hyperbole in calling anything a crisis or an emergency,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Associated Press, once the model for clear and concise language, has banned another word: \u201cmistress.\u201dThe AP Stylebook, used by writers and editors across the industry, has eliminated the term &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312234,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2040.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Word Police: AP Stylebook Bans Use Of The Term \u2018Mistress\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-427290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2040.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Word Police: AP Stylebook Bans Use Of The Term \u2018Mistress\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}