"Partner" is the new "Ms"--a word used to not convey the marital status (or the gender/sexuality) of the people designated. It's another step that started with the stripping of people's ethnicities in news reports. We may not like it, but it's the code that news is being written in, and if we are to understand the news we need to learn the code.
""Partner" is the new "Ms"--a word used to not convey the marital status (or the gender/sexuality) of the people designated. It's another step that started with the stripping of people's ethnicities in news reports. We may not like it, but it's the code that news is being written in, and if we are to understand the news we need to learn the code."
I totally agree with your explanation.