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Originally Posted by irishjayhawk
Likewise, it's completely arbitrary that they are "foul" in the first place. COMPLETELY ARBITRARY.
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Social mores define the obscene. In one African community, the words you and I might look at as being obscene are the term even their doctors use to discuss medical maladies - the proper medical terms (that are accepted as part of any human sexuality class in the states) are the terms that define their foul language.
But if some 4 year old nephew came up to you and asked you where babies came from, I doubt you'd say "Well, your dad stuck his **** in your mommy's ****, and he ****ed her pretty good. He shot his *** and the little sperms fertilized the egg."
There are some words we can explain to kids pretty easily. "Crap" and it's variants are pretty easy, because we all become aware of feces at a pretty young age, like around 0. "Damn", "hell" and "ass" aren't too bad. Once we start breaking into any organ or term involved in the reproductive process, things can get complicated. I don't need to explain that stuff to a seven year-old, so I'd rather wait until a more appropriate time.