The f-word is about as bad as it gets and only outdone by G.D.
I told grown men and women off for using it around my daughter when she was young and we were at the mall, etc.
I have been fighting the use of it for the past 50 years as honestly before that it just wasn’t a word that ANYONE used in the presence of women. It didn’t matter how many jokes were told in family/friend/neighbor get togethers, card playing etc., it just wasn’t used and neither was a substitute for it used. Where did the substitute “f-word” come from? I really don’t remember - it was some news story, wasn’t it? Remember when we used to be able to enjoy movies without the profanity/vulgarity.
We went to see “American Sniper” (Chris Kyle) and I was so disgusted I wanted to get up and leave. It wasn’t so much different from what we’d seen in movies for the past 30-40 years from portrayals of the military guys but the language the wife used in the film.
When we left the theater, I asked my husband if he remembered any movie where the female used language every bit as bad as the male? He had to admit that no - he couldn’t.. There were others walking out of the theater with us and they said the same thing.
In others conversations I actually had people tell me that she didn’t really talk like that - they just took license with the script. That’s a load of malarkey.. If she didn’t speak that way normally, she would not have allowed herself to be portrayed that way in the movie. These discussions were with other women who wouldn’t think twice of using the same language.
I will go to my grave never coming to an understanding of why a filthy mouth is regarded as acceptable.