'Swear' Words and the Impact on Sex Positivity

A lot of this generation consider themselves to be sex positive individuals growing up in reasonably more sex positive environment. Sadly, I think we have a long way to go. The current sex Ed curriculum issue is one very obvious way to illustrate this, but what if we broke it down even smaller than that because I think it can be more subtly toxic and innocuous. .
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What if we considered our language? Even further broken down - only the way we swear. Have you ever noticed that the majority of our swear or “bad” words have a sexual connotation? And this is true of a lot of other languages as well! So if we’re constantly referring to synonyms for genitalia and sex as “bad words” or name calling, isn’t it possible that this alone plants a subconscious seed of sex negativity and shame around sexuality? Food for thought.

Noémie Kyryluk