tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406544533309218497.post3198460029283525770..comments2023-05-08T12:59:48.455+01:00Comments on Vagina Dentata: OW! F***, B*****ks, C***y, M*****F*****! I stubbed my toe.Naomi Mchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06033949035632165385noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406544533309218497.post-81607563696540254202009-07-14T01:10:26.890+01:002009-07-14T01:10:26.890+01:00re: child birth, the problem was clearly that some...re: child birth, the problem was clearly that some women were trying to give birth through the urethra.Red Bull Dozershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07726094458496766549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406544533309218497.post-15900110109028828112009-07-13T15:09:14.599+01:002009-07-13T15:09:14.599+01:00Coincidentally enough, I also heard discussion on ...Coincidentally enough, I also heard discussion on Radio 4 this morning about the use of epidural anaesthetic during childbirth, with a senior male midwife claiming that it's overused, and a lot of women basically telling him to try pushing a melon out of his urethra without anaesthetic, or else shut up.<br /><br />I've heard many times that women in childbirth swear to high heaven (and who would blame them?), but now we know that it's also helping them deal with the pain. Hurrah.inwiththenewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12150820184441043147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406544533309218497.post-79807740807510696402009-07-13T14:46:43.488+01:002009-07-13T14:46:43.488+01:00Posted too soon - in the Daily Mail account, there...Posted too soon - in the <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1199138/Why-F-word-outburst-reduce-pain-study-says.html" rel="nofollow">Daily Mail account</a>, there is this claim from Dr Richard Stephens (research leader) and the news that there <i>is</i> a society for the appreciation of casual swearing: <br /><br />----<br />"For those who think that the results may give a green card to turning the air blue, Dr Stephens did, however, have a word of warning.<br /><br />'If they want to use this pain-lessening effect to their advantage they need to do less casual swearing and only do it when they really need it.'<br /><br />Rohan Byrt, spokesman for the Casual Swearing Appreciation Society, said he thought the study was the first time swearing's benefits had been proved.<br /><br />He said:'"I've always thought that swearing does have some real therapeutic merit.<br /><br />'Even for those who consider themselves clean spoken, the odd swear word will just slip out. For me, it's almost a natural instinct, a gut reaction'"<br /><br />------EMattershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00079430956952238897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406544533309218497.post-82802431613117149882009-07-13T14:41:38.054+01:002009-07-13T14:41:38.054+01:00Plus, according to the Neuroreport paper, it may b...Plus, according to the <a href="http://journals.lww.com/neuroreport/Abstract/2009/08050/Swearing_as_a_response_to_pain.4.aspx" rel="nofollow">Neuroreport paper</a>, it may be more true for non-catastrophising men.<br /><br />----<br />"Swearing increased pain tolerance, increased heart rate and decreased perceived pain compared with not swearing. However, swearing did not increase pain tolerance in males with a tendency to catastrophise. The observed pain-lessening (hypoalgesic) effect may occur because swearing induces a fight-or-flight response and nullifies the link between fear of pain and pain perception."<br /><br />----EMattershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00079430956952238897noreply@blogger.com