In today’s #RandyTales, our hero addresses our societies’ relationship with the word “cunt”, thinks of a very special “cunt” in his life, and just really likes saying the word “cunt”…
“There are no bad words,” said famed philosopher and expert on bad words, George Carlin, once said. “Only bad thoughts and bad intentions.” Please say the following word with me, out loud… unless you are at the grocery store or something:
CUNT
Does that word invoke in you bad thoughts or bad intentions? Did you say it out loud? Words should be said aloud. Thoughts and intentions can be kept in your head. But please SAY IT ALOUD:
CUNT
If you did not say it aloud, congratulations – your indoctrinated moral outage has been successfully tested. You may go about your day, ignoring this post, and know that your well being is tightly in someone else’s grasp but not your own. It is honestly a glitch in the Matrix that we are friends at all.
Say it again…
CUNT
The visceral reaction to this singular word is MIND BLOWING! There are a lot of words to describe female genitalia. Some of them are very pretty, some of them are not. All words are subjective. I think “cunt” is a pretty word, especially when spoken with an appropriate accent or in the heat of a moment.
But as a society, we don’t see it that way. We are taught that it is the worst thing you can call a woman. Using that word is hateful & misogynistic. There is only one other word I can think of that conveys those same reactions. Yeah… that one. The n-word.
Do you get that – on the list of Very Bad Words, a word that represents the systematic and institutional racism in our country is followed by a word to describe where babies come from! Does that give some insight into some of our society’s problems?!
By the way – this is only an American creation. Our Puritan founders – who hated the mere thought of the multitude of words to describe that amazing thing – said all those words were bad. Whereas “tuzzy muzzy” or “quim” may have lost meaning, cunt stayed with us… as good ones are want to do. The other 96% of the English speaking world doesn’t have the same problem with that word… CUNT! They use the word properly! “He’s a bit daft, but he’s a good cunt,” is a daily phrase uttered by the other one billion plus English speakers on the planet and is taken as a compliment and humorously.
What started this whole thing was a reaction I got when I called my friend Heather as a cunt. Apparently, that was a bad choice of words. Now please understand two things – first is whatever horrible things that word evokes – SHE IS! She is a cunt! She is inconsiderate, rude, and a down right unpleasant person. I’m not sure if her genitalia situation even makes that term accurate. I have always assumed some kind of Cthulian configuration with tentacles and lots of screaming & crying involved.
But secondly, understand that I FUCKING LOVE THAT CUNT. If she needed an organ (not that kind), I would be one of the first people in line and would be rallying others. THE CUNT NEEDS A KIDNEY!!! I use it as a term of endearment to her because CUNT ISN’T A BAD WORD! And Heather is one of those amazing women I can use it with because she doesn’t get morally offended by it. To be fair, she doesn’t actually have morals… but that isn’t the point.
I’m not launching some kind of “take it back” campaign. I am simply asking that you, dear reader, evaluate why something is bad or good, rather than simply buying into the hype. Words have meaning, and I know that word has been used as a slur to someone reading this. I mean no negative intention when I say it. It became a slur because of the perceived moral outrage of people who were morally outraged at its mere existence – a vicious cycle repeating itself. And I don’t say it often… unless Heather is around, but it isn’t a bad word to me.
Your mileage may vary… cunt.