The Social Benefits of Swearing
How profanity can help you seem more likable
by Olga Khazan
Sep 06, 2017
3 minutes
Earlier this year, the Democratic National Committee began selling t-shirts on its site with a punchy slogan: “Democrats give a shit about people.”
They were, of course, just following the lead of Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez, who has said that President Trump “doesn't give a shit about health care."
He’s not the only prominent Democrat who’s been known to curse in the heat of the moment. magazine, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat from New York, if lawmakers are “not helping people, we should go the fuck home.”
You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.
Start your free 30 days