Letters to the Editor
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It's the proliferation of bad porn
...exploiting this otherwise innocent word that twinges women's brains--the wrong parts at the wrong times. Nobody really gave a hoot about the Freudian impulses behind the word until recently, as in the last ten years. It's the internet, silly. Most of the time people aren't googling for fudge when they encounter the word. It's hard to think of instances in which "moist" could be worked into everyday parlance outside of food and sex.
Women are not into sex unless they want to be, and the word "moist" may *feel* like an unwanted sexual advance. Or perhaps it somehow equates the desirability of the vulva with potting soil and turkey breast. I mean, really, why would a man say "moist" and in what situations has he seen the word? Quite suspicious. Sounds absurd, but it's just how he mind works to associate language with experience. If you were doing exercises to enhance your memory skills, and as recommended by experts, made "stories" or "pictures" for each word, what would "moist" trigger for you? If you answered, "Betty Crocker chocolate cake," you are one of the lucky ones.