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 mouths when they strike their thumb (accidentally) with a hammer. Fuck is a vehicle for our disappointment, when we see that our report card is not as good as we had hoped, or when our significant other is late for dinner, or leaves us all together. Fuck is an old friend, who can always make us laugh. "This girl's fit for a strait-jacket. I mean she's fucked three ways to the weekend. But you know what, Father? I dig it!"

How many times did we double over in laughter as children when we heard Eddie Murphy call someone a motherfucker? If the undersigned is dating himself, then substitute Lenny Bruce, Dave Chappelle, or Carlos Mencia. The bottom line is, if you live in America and you haven't laughed at the word "fuck," you probably have no sense of humor – and you certainly are not in the mainstream. It would be pretty fucked up if the most easily offended fringe of society dictated "morality" for the rest of us.

Fuck (if we accept the Examiner's initial determination) is an offensive and vulgar reference to the act of sex. However, it can also be a reference to playful sex, used by even the most proper women to describe their favorite pair of shoes as "fuck me boots" or "fuck me heels." In fact, a Google search for these terms (with and without hyphens) reveals a staggering number of personal blogs, written by young women, who brag about their "fuck me shoes." To these women, it appears that "fuck" is neither vulgar nor offensive, but empowering. 3