Call me old fashioned ... but cunt on the BBC? <clutching pearls>

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I've just read that the cunt word was used on Have I Got News For You by Katherine Ryan and someone else.

Idk, but I am actually quite surprised by that. I can understand it in a drama, but not really in a mainstream usually pretty middle of the road kinda show. I'm possibly a little biased as I don't like KR.

I love a good swear, but on the Beeb in a show like this? AIBU?

(P.S. as research I checked to see how many times the word cunt was written on Mumsnet in the last 24 hours. It was over 500 . I don't mind that somehow).

It’s hard to understand why you are so horrified when you used the word 3 times in your OP. It doesn’t really offend me as a word, but if I did think it was such an unusable word I don’t think I’d say itv so often.

I love the word cunt. One of my favourite words! It was on at 9.30 on a show for adults.

I do feel like when the word cunt is dropped on those type of shows it’s not usually some intrinsic part of an astute or witty point but more like “Har har har I really am so incredibly funny and edgy because I’m saying the word cunt out loud and on TV”

I wouldn’t use it to describe Victoria Beckham, but only because she lacks the warmth and depth 😉

Did you watch it? And the see the word in context?

Well yes. It’s normally ‘the c word’ rather than ‘the cunt word’. Although I suppose if she’d said ‘the c word’ we might have thought she meant Christmas, and that’s definitely been banned.

Just as well you don’t live in Glasgow…

Or my house.

Definitely. In fact there was a horrible cunt on HIGNFY who ended up our prime minister I seem to remember.

I’m not horrified or offended though

I genuinely don't understand how those 4 letters are so blindingly offensive to some people, much more so than other swear words. I come from a place where it's not considered nearly so offensive but genuinely don't get the hysteria.

As it’s part of the anatomy it’s not wrong to use it!

Whether or not you meant this ironically it made me chuckle. 🤣

I skimmed the title and thought this was going to be another Tim Davie thread, and that it was a tad harsh actually.

Or Barbados! It’s Robin “Rihanna” Fenty’s favourite word!

No was just making a general observation on general discussion forum. Absent context or timing it just sounds a bit cringe. Not sure I suggested that it didn’t work in that particular instance?

Not in front of the delicate women 😱

i love the word cunt - why is it more controversial than fanny twat dick prick etc

It's interesting because I do really believe that to some people the word cunt is a line crossed. But we don't respect that in the way that we respect not using the N word, P word, K word, moron, imbecile, spastic, etc. It's like there's a sliding scale of acceptable words.

Perhaps it's because it's on the whole (not exclusively) older women who don't like to see the C word used on the BBC that they get dismissed. The easiest demographic group to dismiss and sneer at of all.

It’s just a word. 🤷‍♀️

I'm in my sixties and have no problem with cunt.

I rewatched Detectorists the other day and there was a particularly enjoyable and apt use of the word. Sometimes no other word will quite do.

Why is the word any worse than prick which nobody bats an eyelid at?

I dunno, I'm all about equality. Kind of evens it up after all the dick, cock, prick, bellend, dickhead, scrote etc usages. Anyway, we already have twat so what the hell.

It’s about having respect for women

Exactly

I'm sorry, never in front of women and children? 😂 Were you recalling your time on the Titanic?