‘Mistress’ is CANCELED: AP Stylebook bans use of the term since it ‘implies woman is to blame’
The Associated Press is being ridiculed online after its style guide eliminated the term ‘mistress’ from the lexicon because the word ‘implies that the woman was solely responsible for the affair.’ Instead, the AP Stylebook, used by journalists and writers as sort of a universal guideline, recommends that the term be replaced by gender-neutral words … Read more
