Sex Differences in Uses and Perceptions of Obscenity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5778397 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fern L Johnson, Marlene G Fine |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 11-24 |
| Publication date | 1985-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Women s Studies in Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0749-1409 • E-ISSN: 2152-999X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07491409.1985.11089675 |
| OpenAlex | W2078593810 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Leonard Bloomfield long ago cited obscenity as a major form of tabu language because its connotations somehow reflect social improprieties.1 Despite the freer flow of obscene language during the past two decades, we often are reminded that it retains its taboo qualities. In the late 1960s, youthful anti-war protestors gained attention and outraged the establishment by flagrantly shouting obscenities in hopes that they would reveal the true obscenity of the times-the Vietnam war. Later public reaction to President Richard Nixon's actions in the Watergate scandal appeared to arouse, for many, less shock than did the discovery that the leader of the country liberally sprinkled his conversations with obscenities (expletive deleted). In 1980, Barry Commoner, the Citizen's Party candidate for President, created a minor uproar with a radio advertisement characterizing the major candidates and their policies as bullshit.2 And recently, the swearing in of Pony Express mail carriers, who were on their way to perform the postal functions in areas hit by mudslides in the California Sierra Nevada Mountains, included an oath not to use profane language.3 The legal system, too, has indicated that the public be protected from exposure to dirty words through the broadcast media. In a case involving a radio monologue on Filthy Words by comedian George Carlin, the Supreme Court upheld the Federal Communications Commission's right to censor the
Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,23 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2024 (21) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |