blog post 7

The f word

The article I found most interesting was about taboo language. I found this article on the conversation.com and it was written by Annabelle Lukin. The article is focusing on 'the f word' and in what context people use it.
This article interested me because I feel 'the f word' has become a part of our everyday vocab, hearing it, if not saying it far more frequently than needed. I feel as though in today's society we no longer see 'the f word' as a swear word.
In my opinion I think we over use these words and use them when we don't actually need to. For example, when we use it for emphasis, when there are plenty of other words to use for that which aren't swear words. I feel like I have a relaxed use of language and taboo isn't offensive to me and it doesn't bother me the way people speak around me, but I know not everyone feels the same as me about this topic.The article shows statistics of how often 'the f word' is used. They show 'the f word' is used more commonly by the younger generation compared to the elderly. This suggests people of a more mature age get offended by the use of this word or taboo language in general.
 As the article states, men use 'the f word' more often than women.But after researching how often both genders used other swear words there was virtually no difference.'The f word' features more frequent in natural conversation than in forms of institutional talk or in genres of writing. I think this is because when we talk it is spontaneous and we use taboo instead of a filler like 'um' under pressure. 'The f word' is used mostly as an emphatic intensifier rather than the use of taboo e.g 'for fucks sake'.
We have learnt about taboo language in class and why people use it. Knowing some of the terminology used in the article i found it an easier read and it made it much easier to understand.
I don't think there is a resolution to this problem because so many people use the word 'fuck' on a daily basis. Therefore, it would be impossible to eliminate it out of peoples language. But i do think if everyone used this word frequently people would get used to it and it would loose its meaning and people wouldn't find it so offensive. I think the only other think I want to know about this article is why men use the f word more often than women and why any other swear word is used just as frequent by both genders.