Not shocking: Trigger warnings don’t work

Trigger warnings have been flooding every type of media since the late 1990s, beginning with cautions about news items including graphic descriptions of sexual assaults. Some of these warnings were actually quite useful, particularly for people who might be easily traumatized by disturbing news. In the modern era, of course, trigger warnings have expanded to include any opinions that content moderators might disagree with. But a recent study out of Australia claims that all of this hemming and hawing has really been for nothing. That’s because trigger warnings don’t actually work. In fact, the warnings may be creating more trauma and stress than the content itself. (Washington Examiner)Read More