This is because of ethics that are established in the culture of learning. In just about any and every educational environment, the concept of obscenity is either completely avoided, or deemed as subject too inappropriate to approach with any depth. Though because the culture of Catholicism does not give permission to use such words, they have become profane, because culture defines the line between vulgarity and normality. What is fascinating about these two commandments especially, though, are that they state two natural human behaviors as being vulgar and degrading, and a majority of curse words are essentially just language that describes these natural human behaviors. Cursing/swearing fits into this criteria, because it is thought of to be degrading and harmful towards one’s self. With the sixth commandment, committing adultery can be defined/interpreted as any sort of act that is sexual or impure towards your body. Two of them would be the second commandment, “Thou shalt not use misuse the name of the Lord your God in vain,” ( New American Bible, Exodus 20:7) and the sixth commandment, “Thou shalt not commit adultery.” ( New American Bible, Exodus 20:14) Using God’s name in vain is considered a form of swearing as well as blasphemy. ![]() In the Ten Commandments according to the Catechism of the Roman Catholic Church, there are two particular commandments that specify the wrongdoings of using foul language and other swear words. In Catholicism, there are a specific amount of rules that must be followed by every Roman Catholic entitled The Ten Commandments. With a majority of religions, there is a wide range of mandatory edicts strictly against vulgar language. Because the UK’s definition of profanity is less stringent, it gives permission to freely use what’s defined as profane in the US. American culture contrasts from the United Kingdom’s culture because the UK is open to accepting what’s considered improprietous language as a social norm, as well as a natural human behavior. Reasons why Skins US got far more negative attention was because it publicly presented things too obscene for American media. In Skins UK, Effy uses terms like “shagging” and “surf and turf” (SE3E01: “Everyone”) to describe sex, and when Freddie confesses to Effy that he’s in love with her, he blatantly says “I really fucking love you.” (SE4E05: “Freddie”) In Skins US, when Tony was making phone calls to people about Stanley, he says that he “Has to get laid by the time he’s 17, or he can’t be my friend anymore.” (SE1E01: “Tony”) Even with the slight lenience of censorship, it caused far more controversy and lead to the show going off air after the first season. Both Skins UK and Skins US are known for their impulsive and radical usage of obscenity and foul language. Take into account two different versions of the same television show that is common amongst the teenage population of both the United States and the United Kingdom Skins. Censorship in the United States has liberalized over the years, and censorship in the United Kingdom is also rather lax with its linguistic risks. When such boundaries are crossed, censorship is used. For essentially every circumstance, however, culture has the main influence on the laws that dictate what language is “too obscene,” or what is perfectly fine to say publicly. The way in which profanity is depicted in the media depends on an innumerous amount of variables and complications. Since every culture has diverse definitions of what is social norm and what isn’t, certain behaviors and language that are natural for one culture are deemed blasphemous and obscene for another. Permission to use profanity comes from culture because culture defines what profanity is. However, these words can still be apart of ones common diction, and are “okay to use” under certain circumstances. Profanity/curse words are a subset of language that is considered strong, obscene, and overall dirty. ![]() One part of language that culture has a large impact on his profanity. ![]() A culture can consist of education, media, music, art, morals/religion, and most importantly, language. Culture is the main system that defines what category an individual fits in.
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