Women shouldn't swear, it's vulgar.

"Women shouldn't swear, it's vulgar!"

Join us as we dissect this phrase and try to understand why society is so offended by a woman swearing. Why have we collectively deemed this 'unladylike' behaviour? Frankly, it's a dick thing to say and we are not here for it anymore! Join the swearing revolution and let your sailor's tongue loose!

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And remember, we can all be dicks sometimes!

Resources and reading from this episode:

• Language and a Woman's Place by Robin Lakoff
• Bad Language for Nasty Women (and Other Gendered Insults) by Chi Luu
• Women Swear Sometimes - let's get the hell over it by Arwa Mahdawi
• Nixon Tapes - April 29 1971 - Via Vanity Fair YouTube
• How I loathe the women destroying equality by swearing like troopers Jeanette Kupfermann
• Sexual Profanity and Interpersonal Judgement by Robert Paul O'neil
• The Science of Swearing - The Smithsonian Magazine
• Legal Cobwebs - The Spectator
• Mind your language! Swearing around the world - BBC Culture
• The Language of Swearing - Steven Pinker

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