'Would you rather have a house full of old masters or old mistresses?' Days of women's liberation

[bobbieinok]

Illustration of how every term used for women, even most positive, becomes over time a term to reduce them to a 'just a' sex object.

Originally 'mistress's was the female equivalent of 'master'

[Loki Liesmith]

1. Is a mistress in the affair sense "just a sex object" though?

Frankly that seems a bit sexist.

[dlk]

2. In today's vernacular, the term mistress is used for a woman in an extramarital relationship...

usually with a married man and has become a pejorative.

[TreasonousBastard]

3. I really wish people would slow down a little before bringing sexism into things...

Like sex.

Yes, mistress can be used as a pejorative, but I have known a number of women who prefer married men for their affairs. Mistress to them is more of a bragging point.

Context is everything.

[MicaelS]

4. It takes two to tango.

Any woman dating a married man should know what she is in for, going into the relationship.

[Ron Obvious]

5. My childhood town had a post mistress

Context is everything.

[Wounded Bear]

6. What did she become after she was a "mistress?"...

[Ron Obvious]

7. She was a post mistress with pre-diabetes and a large posterior.

There's a country western song in that.