Why swearing appears to be easier for bilinguals in their second language

Wilhelmiina Toivo, a PhD candidate at the University of Glasgow, describes her study, which is attempting to explain why bilinguals seem to have a “reduced emotional resonance” in their second language:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2017/mar/27/bad-language-why-being-bilingual-makes-swearing-easier