I’m sensitive to bad language used out of context. I’ll admit it. Bad language in my brain wiring triggers fight or flight responses in me because in the wrong

I’m sensitive to bad language used out of context. I’ll admit it. Bad language in my brain wiring triggers fight or flight responses in me because in the wrong context, it sounds f’ing aggressive and violates all kinds of gentlemen’s codes. It’s not the words themselves though. I can watch standup comedy with lots of bad language for hours. Another example is Jon Favreau’s character in Chef who curses liberally but his personality is so teddy bear like it doesn’t do anything to me. Joe Rogan? No problem. But if I meet someone in a corporate setting who looks stern (especially a young insecure guy) and starts to let fly with bad language, I’m likely to cut the person down — because my brain interprets it as aggressive posturing and puts me in a mood to attack this person. I need to work on my responses (I’m not justifying them), but I also want to share so that folks know how bad language can come across in the wrong context.