Catholic school forbids girls, but not boys, from cursing

"Female students at a Catholic high school in northern New Jersey have taken a “no-cursing” pledge at the request of school administrators, though some question why no such demand was made of male students." [NBC - Thanks, Heather!]

Brainspore

That’s crazy. Back in my day, ALL the kids needed to learn cursive.
- Felton / Moderator
  
  True. It made our hand-written obscenities that much more elegant.
  - Brainspore
    
    Indeed…
    - kraut
      
      Can I just express my gratitude for that beautiful image.
- niktemadur
  
  The way I read it first, it was:
  “Catholic school forbids girls, but not boys, from cruising“. Some nasty images of Al Pacino & friends popped to mind.
Navin_Johnson

As usual, no shortage of idiocy from this organization. I think the German Arch-Bishop comparing recent criticism of the church to a “pogrom” a couple days ago pretty much trumps them all though……
http://www.youtube.com/user/Freethinkersanon Christopher

If I were a girl at this school I wouldn’t hesitate to call the “pledge” fucking stupid.
That_Anonymous_Coward

So that girls can learn early society has different rules.
If a girl decides to have sex, she is a slutty whore.
If a boy decided to have sex, he is a manly man.
- http://profiles.google.com/virtual.garrett Garrett Bernstein
  
  In other words, homosexuality preserves girls’ honor and makes boys manly!
  - That_Anonymous_Coward
    
    Hooked on Penis… Worked for me! :)
    - ldobe
      
      I tend to leave hooked penises alone
oldtaku

The guys: ‘Fuck THAT.’
schlocktober

You’ll never find a husband if you curse like a sailor!
- http://www.facebook.com/heather.cristofaro Heather Cristofaro
  
  Unless he’s a pirate!
- rocketpjs
  
  Funny cause my wife curses like a fisherwoman (which she once was).
Lobster

In other news, Catholic schools now allowing education of girls.
dioptase

Boy souls aren’t worth saving. Girl souls, well, they fetch a pretty price on the black-market. But only if undamaged.
- That_Anonymous_Coward
  
  something something altar boys something something… hahahahaha…
http://fungibleconvictions.com/ Andrew Whitacre

Huh. It was my teachers at Catholic school who needed to be asked not to curse.
- Jerril
  
  My vocabulary has definitely been permanently affected by my 2 years in Catholic school. I blame it on being at an impressionable age.
  
  I’m a third generation atheist, but if you surprise me enough “Holy Mary Mother of God” will pop right out of my mouth. More often it’s a trimmer “Holy fuck” but there’s still these holies floating around that I can’t seem to shake.
  
  I’m open to suggestions of substitutions :)
  - fuzzyfuzzyfungus
    
    ‘Jesus Golgotha-Poledancing Christ’ always works for me…
  - jimkirk
    
    I sometimes go with “Holey Moley Mother of God”…
  - http://daruiburns.tumblr.com/ Dlo Burns
    
    if you’re an atheist why would it bother you to say holy?
  - Antinous / Moderator
    
    I’m a third generation atheist, but if you surprise me enough “Holy Mary Mother of God” will pop right out of my mouth.
    
    That’s still better than yelling, “Most precious blood of the Lamb!”
    - feetleet
      
      Jesus fucking christ with a cucumber on a sawhorse.
  - Donald Petersen
    
    I take a page from J. Jonah Jameson’s book and trot out a “Great Caesar’s Ghost!” every now and then.
    - Boomer
      
      Perry White.
      - Donald Petersen
        
        Ah, yeah. That guy. I get my crusty comicbook news editors crossed all the damn time.
  - Mutation_Engine
    
    ’Jumping Jesus Christ on a nuclear-powered pogo stick’ is my fallback curse.
- ldobe
  
  I usually go with “atheismo’s beard”
  - http://fungibleconvictions.com/ Andrew Whitacre
    
    If I might speak on behalf of my year, our favorite curse was by a beloved (and sadly, late) English teacher who yelled “NATTY FUCKIN’ BUMPPO”.
shutz

It’s a Jersey thing.
SamLL

Fuck sexism.
Daemonworks

It’s because only women have the power to inflict harm through the use of black magic.
- cub
  
  and our mojo is strong during the blood moon!
http://www.facebook.com/bazimmerman Brad Zimmerman

No one has ever said that someone else “swears like a nun”. Yet it is all too common to hear “swears like a [baker/builder/sailor/marine]“.

So, girls, just stick to obscenely short skirts and way too much makeup and let the boys swear, wreck stuff, and generally act like semi-evolved simians.
http://daruiburns.tumblr.com/ Dlo Burns

The whole thing was likely started by the boys as catholic school girls are quite scary. I should know, it took me 11 years to build up the courage to talk to one. (and for the trouble I got a Doc Martin to the face)
http://www.leidentech.com leidentech

Jesus mutha-fucking Christ. Really? Still?
Frank W

Catholic school girls rule!
Petzl

This is why we hear so much about nefarious catholic priests, but nefarious nuns not so much.
rocketpjs

Well, the Catholic school kids in my home town all made a fairly quick transition into being teen parents. I suspect some of them swore when they found out.
feetleet

You kiss the priest with that mouth?
- chgoliz
  
  Too soon.
Mike

The Dead Milkmen’s Jumping Jesus on a pogo stick always worked for me.
bjimba

Holy shit, that’s *my* high school! Of course, I graduated 37 years ago, but still…

The school does have a long history of treating the sexes differently, though. In fact, it was mostly segregated by gender when I was there.
fredges

Well, the boys need to be able to talk dirty to the priests to get them off….
http://www.facebook.com/people/Nell-Anvoid/100002383626402 Nell Anvoid

Dammit! Twelve years of Catholic school, and I don’t have anything witty to write here. I feel so inadequate.
Hal

“their improved manners would take hold and rub off … the boys”. /chortle
Shai_Hulud

Well what a complete clustercuss…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJP31ZiUgeM