New research suggests that trigger warnings do not reduce negative reactions

Re:New research suggests that trigger warnings do not reduce... by StanislavPetrov on Sunday October 03, 2021 @09:41PM (#28742136)

>The point of trigger warnings is that they allow you to not engage with content you don't feel comfortable engaging with.

Unfortunately the world is filled with things that we are all uncomfortable with. Teaching young people that they can simply close their eyes and plug their ears as a way of dealing with a word or an idea that they aren't comfortable with is the opposite of what we should be doing in schools, let alone colleges.

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Re:New research suggests that trigger warnings do not reduce... by citruscomputing on Sunday October 03, 2021 @10:14PM (#28742301)

If this were about, say, the color yellow, or a political ideology (even a reprehensible one), I would 100% agree with you. I see where you're coming from - we all want our peers to be resilient in the face of difficulty. I don't think that schools are hindering this goal by using trigger warnings.

Gah, I'm sorry. I tried to write about some of my own difficulties that trigger warnings help me with, but couldn't get it to come out right. The point I was trying to make was that e.g. forcing a sexual assault survivor to watch a film depicting rape, with no warning, seems needlessly cruel.

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