Scrotum

Wow. It turns out that some school librarians consider 'scrotum' to be a dirty word, one that a 10-year-old should not be exposed to.

Ms. Nilsson, reached at Sunnyside Elementary School in Durango, Colo., said she had heard from dozens of librarians who agreed with her stance. “I don’t want to start an issue about censorship,” she said. “But you won’t find men’s genitalia in quality literature.”

“At least not for children,” she added.

How can scrotum be a dirty word? It's not 'cunt,' for chrissakes. Do about 50% of all ten-year-olds have scrota? Yes, Virginia, they do. Is scrotum pejorative? No, it is not. It's not even slangy. It's just a plain old word.

People are insane.