Dear Mum, you were wrong. Swearing *will* get me places.
Potty mouths rejoice. As it turns out, you are more confident, less stressed and hotter than your straight-laced counterparts.
Researchers at Keele University in Staffordshire have been cursing their a**es off studying the links between swearing and mental behavior.
And what they have discovered, is pretty f*cking interesting.
Remember cursing at your Netflix last night to load faster? You did that for good reason. According to the study, swearing is often used as an emotional coping mechanism.
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One of the researchers for the study, Dr. Richard Stephens said, “we want to use more taboo words when we are emotional. We grow up learning what these words are and using these words while we are emotional can help us to feel stronger.”
That’s right, it seems swearing may actually be a form of empowerment. After voicing an abundance of naughty, very bad words, the study’s participants felt better.