How Swearing & Flipping The Bird Becomes Your New Pain Relief
USA - 2010: Hector Casanova illustration of a very angry person spewing expletives. (The Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Swearing like a sailor and flipping the bird could be the latest pain relief. I think this finding is hysterical, but it is no joke. Researchers have found that unleashing a vocabulary of curse words or giving your boss the finger might actually help you deal with that throbbing sensation of discomfort you experience when you have pain.
If you have ever been told off by your boss and felt like giving them a piece of your mind, as it turns out this might not be such a bad idea after all! Next time your supervisor tells you to do something you absolutely despise telling them no followed by a whole bunch of curse words is all in the name of relieving pain. You can thank science for giving you the perfect excuse to exercise your road rage skills or express your true feelings toward your superior.
The Study Finds:
Let’s talk about this hilarious study published in IFLSCIENCE. where students at Kalamazoo College in Michigan volunteered to have their pain tolerance tested by sticking their hands into the icy water. But here’s the fun part, while these volunteers were put through this icy torture, they were instructed to either keep saying a very bad word over and over again followed by the word ‘flat’. They were also told to showcase their middle finger versus the index finger.
The study found that both swearing like a sailor and flipping the bird had the same pain-relieving effect. The researchers could not find a link between pain relief and aggression. Maybe it works because making obscene gestures fires up the same brain circuits as dropping the F-bomb. Or perhaps it’s because it distracts us from the pain.
Next time someone tells you to watch your language, just tell them it’s a doctor’s order for pain management. Also if anyone questions your newfound vocabulary, just tell them it’s all in the name of science. Cheers to pain relief, one curse word at a time!
9 Empowering Songs For Women
Women rule the world in many ways. In music, these female artists have contributed one, many, or all of their songs to elevate, empower, and inspire other women. There is something about the power of media and art that has a long-lasting impact on women and girls from all around the world that transcends language and time.
What Women’s History Month Is About
With March being Women’s History Month, we observe how women have contributed to history and changed the lives of others. For us, music is so powerful for something that doesn’t require your eyes but to listen. This year’s theme celebrates “Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.” This theme recognizes women throughout the country who understand the need to eliminate bias and discrimination from individuals’ lives and institutions for a positive future, said the National Women’s History Alliance.
Women’s History Month began as a local celebration in Santa Rosa, California as a “Women’s History Week” in 1978. The organizers selected the week of March 8 to correspond with International Women’s Day. The movement spread across the country as other communities initiated their own Women’s History Week celebrations the following year.
In 1980, an association of women’s groups and historians, led by the National Women’s History Project (now the National Women’s History Alliance), successfully lobbied for national recognition. In February 1980, President Jimmy Carter issued the first Presidential Proclamation declaring the Week of March 8, 1980 as National Women’s History Week. Since then, many activists and advocates have continually pushed Congress to recognize the achievements of women in the United States.
Through a lot of hard work and perseverance, International Women’s Day eventually turned into Women’s History Week in 1982. Following that accomplishment, the official Women’s History Month website states: “Throughout the next five years, Congress continued to pass joint resolutions designating a week in March as ‘Women’s History Week.’ In 1987, after being petitioned by the National Women’s History Project, Congress passed Pub. L. 100-9, which designated the month of March 1987 as ‘Women’s History Month.’”
Empowering Songs For Women:
We celebrate Women’s History Month to remind everyone of the achievements of women throughout the years in our culture and society, and why it’s important to study them and their important moments in history. Keep scrolling to see our top 9 picks of the most empowering songs for women across all genres:
Meet Maryann, who has been chasing magic since the early 90s. Back then, she hosted a love and dedication show at nights on Magic. Talk about romantic vibes! Since then, she traded her evening slot for mornings. When she’s not talking to you on the air, she’s living the glamorous life of a chicken, duck, pigeon, and German Short-Haired Pointer mom. Since Joel can never follow what she says, there is an entire feature called " What are you Talking About" at 9:10. Running is her secret to staying out of trouble – or at least staying ahead of the extra pounds. She has a husband named Matt, and a son named Zack, who she says makes her world a little adventure.
