Week 3: Post 2

I was super excited when I first read this question because I instantly had an example pop into my head. If any of you have watched Dexter then you know that the character Deb has the worst potty mouth ever! I always watch the show with my boyfriend and his roommate and they always mention how unattractive it is that Deb curses all the time but it is completely fine that male characters do. Why is it that when women cuss it’s unattractive but men think it is normal for men to use the same language? In this way I think that men and women use language very differently. In music we are seeing more and more women using bad language to express themselves and that is definitely more accepted than it is when men are using the same language and I find that very interesting. I think it’s because people see women as being independent and comfortable with themselves when they use bad language while men are just being rude and obscene. But to answer the question, yes I do feel that women and men do use language differently.