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).

Meh I don’t really consider it respectful for someone to think “well I would say cunt but there are women here and I can’t offend their delicate sensibilities. I must protect their innocence, like a child”

😂

I hated it until I went to see a performance of the Vagina Monologues and then I saw (and heard!) it in a completely new light. A word of power!

Why?

This has reminded me of when Caprice (whatever happened to her) was in the Vagina Monologues. She was on This Morning talking about Reclaiming Cunt, but because of her accent they clearly thought she was saying Kant and just let her get on with it for several minutes. It finally dawned on them what she was saying and they swiftly moved on.

I saw the Vagina Monologues at Bath Theatre Royal and the joy of being one of nearly 1,000, mostly middle aged to elderly women chanting 'cunt cunt cunt' was one of the most liberating things I've ever done.

I heard the R$ presenter many years ago getting Jeremy Hunt's name wrong, and then he spent the next 15 mins trying to stifle his laughter. TBH, it was bloody funny!

The BBC programme Balderdash & Piffle had a whole segment about the origins of the word cunt presented by Germaine Greer, probably 15 years ago now.

How do you feel about the word “berk”?

I was shocked to hear fuck.last night on a quiz show. Thought I'd misheard. Apparently it not unusual now. I don't usually watch TV.

Lol really? I must admit I do feel more at ease around people who swear a bit. I was astonished at a new friend who said cunt within the first sentence of meeting her, a few glasses of wine later I was speaking her language!

All of the words you have listed there are offensive and unacceptable words because of what they mean. Anyone offended by a vagina is, frankly, really fucking soft. You choose to be offended by it rather than it being a slur against a person based on their skin colour or a learning disability. The examples you give are simply not the same.

i only think people are offended by it because historically, vaginas have been seen as something to hide or be ashamed of when actually they’re glorious. It’s a fantastic word.

Re. earlier comment admonishing feminists for using the word, it really irritates me that cunt is seen as being so taboo, when the equivalent word for a man (cock, I guess?) is so tame. In my opinion it's more feminist to use it equally if you're going to use that logic!

Indeed it was Kenneth Tynan, way back in the 60s.

I'm not old fashioned and even I bristle at people saying it in TV and on social media! I don't give a monkeys about what it means and I don't think it's anti feminist but it's intense for the BBC!

You think that’s an acceptable word to use in Front of kids ?

Why are kids watching hignfy?

I’m going to withhold £1.50 of licence fee for every “C” word uttered on the BBC.

I saw it and was quite surprised as I thought cunt/motherfucker couldn’t be used until after 10pm.
i also can’t abide Katherine Ryan - it wasn’t a particularly funny joke/aside anyway (I swear a lot and have no issue w the c-word but not sure it was appropriate in that context).
The BBC have got bigger fish to fry now anyway.,

Which cunt keeps giving Katherine Ryan work anyway?

I think it's a great word! As a pp said, some of the other words mentioned on this thread are genuinely offensive to specific groups of people, and should absolutely be banned. I don't consider cunt in the same light as those at all. Yes, it's shocking, but that is why it's so powerful and/ or funny. I use it myself (not in front of my gran, who would be mortified, but my mum uses it more than me!)

Fuss over nothing

Oh, you patronising old thing.

Yes, that's obviously the bit of your statement that I was referring to 🙄

I watched it as a child, with my parents. I don't recall much swearing on it then though.

Oh yes! I work for the Probation Service so the “clients” are usually less than pro-social. 😂 It’s usually not as offensive as the rest of what they say.