Benjamin Bergen is the author of What the F: What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, And Ourselves Profane words have a direct line to our emotions. They are a spontaneous reflection of ...

While it’s been long established that watching violent scenes increases aggression levels, a new study in the medical journal Pediatrics suggests that profanity in the media may have a similar ...

Standing in a crowded elevator recently, I was privy to a conversation going on between two college students in front of me. The young women were casually chatting about their day while repeatedly ...

My daughter’s teacher uses curse words in his teaching. She thinks he does it to impress the students. She doesn’t like it and neither do I. What can I do? A hallmark of the stereotypical “cool” ...

Your perspective on the use of profanity likely depends on the neighborhood where you grew up and the messages you received from your family of origin and other influential sources. Some people view ...

The rhetorical shift started in the 1990s, when Gen X was coming of age – and based on evidence from social media posts, Gen Z is more likely to be accepting of profanity use than their older peers ...

In the age of multiplayer games, it's almost impossible to play a game online and not encounter another player who shouts or send obscene messages. To combat this, oftentimes ruinous experience for ...

A total of 223 middle school students completed surveys on their aggression, preferred media, time spent viewing media, perceived aggression in their favorite shows and games, beliefs about ...

On Sunday Rick Santorum told a New York Times reporter, “Quit distorting my words…. It’s bull----. Come on man.” Santorum had just said in a speech that Mitt Romney is “the worst Republican in the ...