Hello Dragonfly. As society changes the use of certain words change. Sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse. New words enter our language and bad words may be less important. By the same token, common words may become obnoxious.
For example, 30 yrs ago, google was not a word, 60 yrs ago, people were getting their mths washed out with soap for saying damn and 100yrs ago idiot was the common word for someone who was mentally challenged. 125 yrs ago, nigger was not a derogatory term, it was merely the slurring of the word negro, and eventually nigger became derogratory word.
At age 10 I had never heard of the term first nations people and I doubt if most first nations people had heard of that word themselves at that time(1964). Also main stream actors like John Wayne must of killed 1000's of injuns or murdering redkins, bucks ectduring his movie career. All of which are taboo now
By the same token swearing has crept into our society. In 1964 if someone had said F**K in front of my mother, then my father would have forced them to apologize or made them leave our house(or both). I now have bro-in-laws that use the word F**K in every sentence and would be tongue tied if they couldn't use it.
Society also tends to have a double standard, men tend to be allowed to swear a bit more than women.
I, myself, have to watch how much profanity that I use as it is easy to slip into a habit of using it on a regular basis. I facilitate a group and I have problems trying to persaude people not to swear heavily. They are not bad people, they are just used to swearing a lot.
While I don't approve of swearing I sometimes have trouble avoiding it myself,so I am not going to judge. Take Care. paul m