The Relationship Between Profanity And Honesty

Slaughterhouse-Five Due to the explicit content of Slaughterhouse-Five, a fictional novel written by Kurt Vonnegut; many schools have attempted to ban it without truly comprehending the classic novel. Although this novel may not be suitable for all readers, it allows readers to experience a more mature approach of human understanding. This book engages readers in a constant battle of overcoming peace of mind and therefore should not be banned. Profanity in a novel should not define or distort the meaning of that story.

“Cognitive Scientist puts Profanity in its place.” is Written by Bruce Bower, about the book “What The F” by Benjamin Bergen. In his book he explains what effect profanity as on us. Also how much is reveals about us. It talks about how swearing tells so much about who we are, and who other people are. Swearing can also tell us so much about human language and thoughts. Children are also much more resilient to profanity than people think. Hearing a parent or someone swear, it can cause exposure to violent thought or verbal abuse.

In the episode “Run for your Wife” in Modern Family the children in the Dunphy family swear constantly. For example, when Luke shot Alex in the arm she swore at him in front of their mom. The mom Claire yelled at her but didn’t take it too serious. Swearing shows no respect to the family. If kids were to swear in the 50’s they would most likely be punished, whereas in today’s society swearing is becoming quite normal for everyday language especially for teens.

Why did our mouths used to be so clean? Well, according to research from Brigham Young University ‘Swearing in the Cinema: an Analysis of profanity in US teen-oriented movies, 1980-2006′ Not only is

One of the themes in The Catcher in the Rye is that profanity is in a teen's everyday life with all of the things that teens watch, see, and hear. "Most guys at Pencey just talk about having sexual intercourse with girls all the time – like Ackley, for instance – the old Stradlater really did it. I was personally acquainted with two girls he gave the time to. That is the truth" (55). This quote from the book proves how causal the topic of sex is for many people today. It's not an often talked about topic for everyone, but for many it is. Profanity is all over the book, but it is also all over social media in the world. It was common back then, and it is still rampant among some in society today. It is all over social media, television, schools, and many other places. Since it is all over, students are used to seeing and hearing curse words every day. It is a part of a teenager's everyday life even though not all teens swear. It is considered "normal" by others to swear or talk about sex. Schools are also a huge place to hear and see these things daily. Not a lot of people can get away from that that easily. The swearing that is written in this book doesn't really compare to the typical, everyday life that a teen lives.

I was thinking one night about the words you couldn't say on the public, ah, airwaves, um, the ones you definitely wouldn't say, ever. Bastard you can say, and hell and damn so I have to figure out which ones you couldn't and ever and it came down to seven but the list is open to amendment, and in fact, has been changed, uh, by now. The original seven words were sh*t, p*ss, f*ck, c*nt, c*cks*cker, m*therf*cker, and t*ts. Those are the ones that will curve your spine, grow hair on your hands and maybe, even bring us, God help us, peace without honor, and a bourbon. (Carlin, 1977)

The meaning of words change over time. Some of the words that were considered highly offensive and unacceptable in the past are now presently used in a kind hearted manner and a way to communicate in this current generation. A major factor includes the time period. For example the term “bad” is used to describe somebody or something

There is a difference between a social norm and a personal standard of behavior. If someone does not swear and decides to swear in order to rebel, the only thing they are

I would hear the English speaking kids in my Spanish 1 class whispering newly discovered cuss words on Google Translate just to make others laugh all across the room. They exist no matter what language you speak. All language consists of vulgar descriptive words, among many difficult erent countries. They give the power to give you a negative response from your brain ultimately making you feel bad about yourself. You wouldn’t ever want to proudly share negative comments used towards you. Up until recently, vulgar language had been frowned upon. Like most things, people have started to accept foul language and it is now used in music, tv, magazines… basically anywhere you can think of there is now more offensive language being used than ever! The growing tolerance for vulgar language is a sign of progression of the masses. Words are only words, they exist for describing things. They should still be used mindfully and constructively.

Profanity in often a precursor for censorship. Profanity is heard in many different songs across the world. Especially in rap. However many will still ask the questioned “Why should it be censored?” Many adults say it should because it “gets into people’s minds and may cause their children minds and fear that they might get “brainwashed” by the profanity. Yet, children say that's “It’s freedom of speech.” Many agree that freedom of speech has a huge impact on this situation. A jouranslt stated that “Not only does it violate the first amendment of freedom of speech, but censoring lyrics also violates your freedom of thoughts.(Polter)”. A singer writes from their mind and emotion. Censoring lyrics takes away their feelings in the song. Despite

Profanity is very common to many in their everyday life all around the world there can be may different meanings for the words and how they are used. Word like slut, bitch and whore are use as their were some ones name, so what makes these words so bad. Especially with some of these words being associated with women when there are used this was a way to insult a women in the past as well as today. There have even been words to replace the old profanity words with new words used today by many. “Curse words tend to based on whatever societies find most taboo, and most scary, and most interesting,” (Mohr). These words can be very vulgar and hateful to many, some choose not to use such words and find other ways to express themselves when faced with some thing or someone who has made there angry. What makes a bad word a bad word is it words that only adults should be able to use or should I only use in private and not publicly. So one would have to know the history of theses words to be able to get a clear understanding of what we

I said fuck as a child not to be obscene, I said it because it fit. Even as a child it made no sense that there were words we weren’t supposed to say, yet most used them anyway.

Therefore the main reason Ofcom feel swearing shouldn’t be allowed on the radio is to protect children (under-eighteens), however children only want to use swears because swears are ‘naughty’. Having swear words as taboo gives them power. If we stop associating swears as negatives and use them more freely then they will no longer seem inappropriate. Dvorsky makes a relevant point in his article, How we’ll swear in the future, he explains that “An interesting aspect to profanity is that we use a bunch of words today that seem harmless, but were terrible swear words in the past, like 'bloody,' 'bleeding,' 'bugger.” (Dvorsky, 2013). My theory is that if we stopped avoiding

Damn. That catch your attention didn’t it? And I'm sure it wasn’t in a good way. Swearing has become a huge controversy, and we believe it’s an issue that has gotten out of hand. Just think about it. Even you simply walking out to get the mail could result in you hearing a swear fest from your neighbors. And while sitting in lunch, you could hear the same swear word 40 times in a row! That’s actually from experience. So, here’s what we should do to stop this abomination.

The challenging aspect of honesty is it isn’t black white. Some might argue it is best to lie in order to protect someones feelings or to keep the peace. There is the age old question, “does this make me look fat?”. It has been ingrained into the minds of men everywhere that the answer is always no. It has come to be a common belief that it is better to protect someones feelings rather than give it to them straight. This is where society is sadly mistaken. Being an honest person is more than just telling the truth when it is beneficial, it is about always sticking to the truth no matter the repercussions. An honest person does not just tell the truth when asked, but willing presents the information without being