IDEA #70
F**k that hurts! How swearing eases the pain
Long a workplace taboo, swearing has unexpected and powerful benefits.
What you need to know
As Steven Pinker, the Harvard University-based psychologist, has pointed out, since religiously inspired expletives such as ‘hell’, ‘damn’, and ‘Jesus Christ’ entered the English lexicon aeons ago, swearing has been socially frowned upon, treated as a sign of aggression or lack of self-discipline. Yet, despite its low standing, it remains as commonplace as ever to hear individuals breach expected social norms by turning the airwaves blue. Pinker, in an entertaining essay in the New Republic ...
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