No more boyfriends and girlfriendsAccording to a piece in the Daily O, people should stop using the words “boyfriend” and “girlfriend” to refer to their significant others and use the word “partner” instead — because that’s “politically correct.”
“The term ‘partner’ — with its gender-neutral connotation — is politically correct and socially appropriate,” Saonli Hazra writes in a piece titled “Why it is time to move from the conventional ‘boyfriend’ or ‘girlfriend’ and switch to ‘partner’ instead.”
“With the growth of the Internet, and a transformation in the social order where casual dating, open relationships, delayed marriages and other such practices are finding favour, terms like ‘boyfriend’ or ‘girlfriend’ have a certain undesirable vibe,” she continues. “Mostly, these set limitations of gender roles — of what each partner ought to bring at the relationship table.”
“Partner,” she argues “has a nice, positive ring to it, and neither party feels the suffocating or debilitating pressure of trying to live up to certain preset notions.”
“‘Wife’ or ‘girlfriend’ usually come with patriarchal riders, and therefore, a women’s status within the marriage is often unequal,” she explains.
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More Politically Correct nonsense !
ReplyDeleteI disagree that it's neutral, as well. When I hear "partner" I automatically assume it's a gay couple.
ReplyDeleteWhen will this P.C, nonsense ever going to end when will we get back to some Common Sense? Al long as we have liberals these dumb clucks we are still going to get rotten eggs
ReplyDeleteI plan on using the words: boy, girl, boyfriend, girlfriend, man, woman, husband, and wife as much as possible. Melting snowflakes are entertaining to watch... Just don't let them get too close.
ReplyDeleteNormal people will continue to use boyfriend and girlfriend
ReplyDeleteHere's an 'undesirable vibe' for her: kiss my hairy butt.
ReplyDeleteOK. Not exactly high brow commentary. But my patience with this PC crap is at an end. They will never stop.
Partner is an ambiguous term with multiple meanings and should be avoided if clarity is your intent. If, however, opacity is your intent then Partner works well (which is what I think they are really trying to achieve).
ReplyDeleteThere is nothing implicitly unequal in the terms wife or girlfriend - except any assumptions you may project on to the words.
People are stupid.
These liberals a re just so darn stupid this PC nonsense their intelligence they have no intelligence anymore their brain left them when they went PC all this PC poppycock like BCE and CE instead of BC and AD PC Stupid is out of control it has to stop
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