Concubine-Noun.
/ˈkɒŋ.kjʊ.baɪn/
/ˈkɑːn-/ n [C](Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary)
Definition has been provided above.Note that part on status.
“keep’ is a word being used in India to indicate the woman one has illicit relation with on a temporary basis, with or with out the knowledge of the wife. In fact,it is called as ‘Chinna Veedu’ ( mini house-loose translation), in Tamil and many other regions use similar terms to indicate such liaisons.
What is the lawyer objecting to?
‘Keep’ means the same as’ Concubine’
A Rose by any name is a Rose(though the simile is funny)
Can she suggest a better name?
Say like one night stand?
Probably His lordships should have called them as ‘virtuous women’.
As for as calling men who have been ‘kept’ as such- I do not think men shall have any objection to it.
Or still, a better word may be introduced.
An angry Additional Solicitor General, Indira Jaising, told a Bench of Justices Markandey Katju and T S Thakur that the word used in the judgement was highly objectionable and needed to be expunged.
“How can the Supreme Court of India use the word ‘kept’ in the 21st century against a woman. Can a woman say that she has kept a man?” she asked.
Keep, concubine? Senior lawyer says SC’s usage anti-women – The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Keep-concubine-Senior-lawyer-says-SCs-usage-anti-women/articleshow/6793205.cms#ixzz136PA1nie
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