Trigger warnings don’t help people cope with distressing material

Re:Trigger warnings don’t help people cope with distressing ... by vincent-toups on Friday November 22, 2019 @06:58PM (#21611375)

I don't think lectures need to do all that much work. They just need to think for a bit and warn people "Hey, this could be disturbing." That's pretty much it.

Its not like trigger warnings impose an onerous responsibility on teachers. There isn't any suggestion that they tell their students to get help. Its literally just a "heads up, I'm about to talk about X".

I'm not on a campus, and when I was in was in physics and math classrooms, but its hard to imagine this is that big of a deal.

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Re:Trigger warnings don’t help people cope with distressing ... by yabadabadoes on Friday November 22, 2019 @07:17PM (#21611475)

I think the article covers why simply announcing trigger warnings is not helpful but more importantly why it is not a steady state system.

As I see it this is basically recreating the weaker sex etiquette argument with bias based on experiences instead of gender. All the outrage.of speaking in front of the wrong people, special new requirements, plenty of signalling that you are better than others because they manage the necessary risks to do their job.

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