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What is "profanity"? Why does it only exist in the Russian language? For example, in English, there is nothing forbidden; the word "fuck" and others appear in movies hundreds of times. If you think about it, in any society and in any language, there are inevitably some words that people use when they are angry, upset, etc. There is absolutely no point in banning them because if you ban them, let's say with large fines and so on in the laws themselves, then OTHER words will appear that will be equivalent in expressing meaning while simultaneously conveying the same emotions. Well, you can call these new words profanity too, and ban them as well. A third category of words will appear. What is the point of this? Society, a person NEEDS words that they will use when they experience strong emotions. If a file falls on someone's finger, and they shout "damn," "crap," or "oh my god!" it makes no difference to me. In the first, second, and third cases, the person is no better or worse than another. What is the difference between profanity and non-profanity? It's just a set of letters. And you can't say that one set of letters is worse than another. I think the reason this happened specifically with the Russian language is probably because during the USSR, there was total control over citizens, the regime itself was totalitarian, and there was censorship everywhere. They pretended that they were fighting something... this is forbidden, that is forbidden, but the meaning of these prohibitions is completely unclear. This has taken root in people's minds to this day, that some words that have the SAME meaning are somehow worse than others. But I think this will pass with time. Many young people, with higher education, etc., don't give a damn about these "prohibitions" and speak in a way that is most convenient for them and allows them to express their feelings and emotions.