ASSOCIATED PRESS NO LONGER ALLOWS THE TERM "MISTRESS"

NEWSWEEK : AP PRESS MOCKED FOR BANNING THE WORD MISTRESS 

Well, my dear readers, I certainly will continue to use the word MISTRESS here at MISTRESS MANIFESTO.  I remember college and the Associated Press handbook for journalists for a class or twos.  The idea was for all journalistic publications to be on the same page with capitalization and word use.

I sure wish someone from Associated Press had read over this blog!

One radio station broadcaster I happened to hear said "What is the equivalent word for a Kept Male? Mantress?"  I've used that word here!  

They don't get the point at all.

 In the media, Mistress is OVERUSED to indicate anyone who is having an affair - even one night - with a celebrity.

All Mistresses are not adulterers.  Nor are all the men who Keep women (or women who Keep men or women who Keep women or men who Keep men or...) adulterers.

Nor are all Mistresses Kept in the Classic Mistress kind of way.

An excerpt from the book says:

Don'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.

It's turned into a financial relationship.  A companion is a companion.  A friend is a friend.  A lover is a lover.  Basically, they are actually blurring relationship terms, though we know that there are many ways to love and that a Mistress may also be a companion, a friend, and a lover!

Missy