Female and Male Motives for Using Obscenity

Bibliographic Data

ID2351052
AuthorsMarlene G Fine (University of Massachusetts Boston), Fern L Johnson (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
Year1984
Volume3
Issue1
Pages59-74
Publication date1984-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Language and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0261-927X • E-ISSN: 1552-6526
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0261927x8431004
OpenAlexW2059811854
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited20

Female and male college students completed a questionnaire designed to determine their beliefs about the common motives for using obscenity. Using a sample of obscene words generated by the participants, the study was designed to compare responses of females and males as well as beliefs about why females and males use obscenity. For all participants, the most important motives cited for using obscenity were 'psychological'. In addition, females were judged to use sexual anatomy words because of so-called 'sociological' motives. The results are discussed in relation to the methods used to gather the data and to sociolinguistic issues that arise from the relation of gender to obscenity

Developmental psychology · Media, Gender, and Advertising · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology · Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism

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