Bunker Bonus – Swearing by It: Why We #?#!ing Love to Curse
The Bunker – News without the nonsense
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Show Notes
Plenty of us enjoy blasting out a few swear words – but what makes it feel so good? Richard Stephens, a senior lecturer in psychology at Keele University and author of Black Sheep: The Hidden Benefits of Being Bad, tells Jacob Jarvis how swearing can stop pain, make us stronger and help us form closer friendships.
- “Swearing does appear to make you stronger.”
- “People are more disinhibited after swearing.”
- “Swearing can be a social bonding tool.”
- “You can enjoy a well placed swear word, can’t you? You can think, ‘That was skillful.’”
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Written and presented by Jacob Jarvis. Producers: Jacob Archbold, Jelena Sofronijevic and Alex Rees. Assistant producer: Kasia Tomasiewicz. Audio production by Jade Bailey. Music: Kenny Dickinson. Group editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production.
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