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A History of the C-Word

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

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The History of Cunt

Cunt continues to be identified in surveys that are done periodically by Offcom or the British board of film classification. It is always at the top of the offensive league for most people so there's a five point scale That's often been used and the only two words at five are cunt and motherfucker. I would say that among women in fact in context Words like slide slut whore may in fact be more offensive to them than prick is wow. We should talk about the history of this because one of the things I do love about the word c**p is it is old.

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