Mario Adam Espinosa

25 April 2016

Primary Research Notes

In total: 85 Responses
Note: Numbers are rounded to nearest decimal; data is presented in
percentage and in amount of people that clicked that answer

Questions:
1. What is your age group?
a. 1-12
1.2% (1)
b. 13-17
7.1% (6)
c. 18-35
90.6%
(77)
d. 36-59
1.2% (1)
e. 60+
0.0% (0)
2. Are you religious?
a. Yes
37.6%
(32)
b. No
62.4%
(53)
3. Do you have strong morals?
a. Yes
69.4%
(59)
b. No
11.8%
(10)
c. I dont know/ I dont care
18.8%
(16)
4. Are you male or female?
a. Male
48.2%
(41)
b. Female
51.8%
(44)
5. How frequent do you use profanity?
a. Not at All
0.0%
(0)
b. Rarely
12.9%
(11)
c. Occasionally
28.2%
(24)
d. Frequently
38.8%
(33)
e. Very Frequently
20.0%
(17)
6. Which of the following profane words do you find INAPPROPRIATE to
use in conversation in YOUR age group? (check all that apply)
a. Darn
4.7%
(4)
b. Oh my God
14.1%
(12)
c. Hell
10.6%
(9)
d. Damn
16.5%
(8)
e. God-damn
16.5%
(14)
f. Crap
9.4%
(8)
g. Ass
14.1%
(12)

h. Shit
18.8%
(16)
i. Fuck
22.4%
(19)
j. Motherfucker
30.6%
(26)
k. Cunt
56.5%
(48)
l. None, all are ok
35.3%
(30)
7. Whats the worst profane word you use? (Do not answer if you do not
use profanity)
a. Fuck
43.2%
(33)
b. Variation of fuck
0.1%
(7)
c. Nigger
0.04%
(3)
d. Variation of nigger
0.04%
(3)
e. Cunt
0.08%
(6)
f. Variation of cunt
0.05%
(4)
g. Motherfucker
0.1%
(8)
h. Damn
0.03%
(2)
i. Bitch
0.03%
(2)
j. Other
0.08%
(6)
8. How do you feel about profanity?
a. Nobody should ever use it!
1.2%
(1)
b. It shouldnt be used, but I cant control what other people say
21.2%
(18)
c. I dont know/ I dont care
37.6%
(32)
d. It can be used, but I wont
9.4%
(8)
e. People should use profanity, and I use it every day
30.6%
(26)
9. At what age is it appropriate for people use profanity? (Check all that
apply)
a. 1-12
10.6%
(9)
b. 13-17
49.4%
(42)
c. 18-35
78.8%
(67)
d. 36-59
56.5%
(48)
e. 60+
54.1%
(46)
10.
Which of the following profane words should NOT be allowed to
be used on public television? (News, TV shows, Commercials, etc.)
(Check all that apply)
a. Darn
0.0%
b. Oh my God
8.2%
c. Hell
3.5%
d. Damn
8.2%
e. God-damn
28.2%
f. Crap
9.4%
g. Ass
20.0%
h. Shit
29.4%

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l.

Fuck
45.9%
Motherfucker
68.2%
Cunt
68.2%
None, all are ok 29.4%
11.
How long have you been using profanity?
a. I dont use it
52.9%
(45)
b. 1 year
5.9% (5)
c. 2 years
2.4% (2)
d. 3 years
14.1%
(12)
e. 4 years
22.4%
(19)
f. 5+ years
52.9%
(45)
12.
What environments is it appropriate to use profanity in? (Check
all that apply)
a. Social groups (Friends, family, etc.)
90.6%
(77)
b. Professional Setting (Work, meetings, etc.)
2.4% (2)
c. Academic Setting
9.4% (8)
d. Recreational Setting
69.4%
(59)
e. Other:________
5.9% (5)
13.
In your opinion what is the funniest profane word? (This question
is just for fun. You are not required to answer this whatsoever.)
a. Bitch
b. Bitch
c. Wanker
d. Wanker
e. Cunt
f. Cunt
g. motherfucker
h. motherfucker
i. Assbutt
j. Fleasucker
k. Cocksucker
l. Cockfuck
m. Douche-canoe
n. Nigglet
o. Twatwaffle
p. Dickhead
q. shitnigger
r. Cunt Nugget
s. Mother-bitch
t. Twat
u. Bag of dicks
v. dipshit
w. cumguzzler
x. twat
y. Fucking Asshole
z. Shitcakes

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ab.
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ad.
shit fuck damn
ae.
flying fuck
af. Douche Nozzle
ag.
Assclown
ah.
Cunt Punt (in ASL)
ai. Ding a ling
aj. Bitch, probably.
ak.
Whore
al. Motherfucker
am.
pussy
an.
Merlin's pants!
ao.
Cock muncher
ap.
bitch
aq.
Fucking cunt ass bitch
ar. Asscunt
as.Boot (Marine thing)
at. fuck me with a loaf of bread
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niglet
av.Cock sucker
aw.
Cluster Penis
ax.
Fuckwad
Conclusion:
I gathered data from a total of 85 people but unfortunately, 90.6% of
them were ages 18-35 years. I did not receive any data from anyone in the
60+ category. Even though I did not get data from that group I did get strong
data from the remaining groups. The majority of my participants were from
age 18-35 and were not religious. Most of them felt that they had strong
morals and it was split rather evenly between male and female participants.
This gave me a pretty detailed analysis of how 18-35 year olds felt regarding
profanity Regarding the question that states, how frequent do you use
profanity, there was a pretty even split among occasionally, frequently,
and very frequently. This indicated that the majority of 18-35 year olds use
profanity in their life. The majority of my participants said they had strong
morals so I can infer that morals dont have a very strong impact on the use
of profanity for younger people. More than half of my participants felt that
the word cunt was an inappropriate word to use in conversation with their
age group. This is a reasonable answer because the word cunt is
considered one of the most profane words used. Almost half believed that all
the choices were appropriate to use within their own age groups. 33 people
said that the most profane word they used was fuck. This seems like a very

reasonable answer because it seems that the word fuck has been adopted
as a normal part of conversation in society. People accept it as a noun, verb,
and adjective. It is used in so many different ways to describe many different
events. The majority of my participants felt that from 18-60+ years it was
okay to use profanity. Only 42 people thought that is was appropriate to use
profanity from age 13-60+ years. The word cunt was highest ranked for an
inappropriate word to be used on public television. The majority of my
participants had been using profanity for more than 5 years. Now since most
of my participants were 18-35 years old, this means that some participants
started using profanity as early as 13 years old. This is a rather shocking find
considering only 1 participant was age 1-12 years old. My participants felt
that is was appropriate to use profanity in social groups and in recreational
settings but professional and academic settings were inappropriate. I found
this particularly interesting because in a college setting profanity is used
absolutely everywhere. Students use it, professors use it and everyone in
between.