I think we are just too da'gum sensitive these days. Everyone is afraid of words. Words are just words. Words are simply our way of describing and categorizing things. The problem is we live in a world that is overly-enlightened to the point that we question everything and walk around on eggshells the whole time.
But the people who are against such dad gummed things are generally not the ones who come up with more palatable soundimg names so that the practice will be more accepted.