Trigger warnings: Are distressing content alerts for Scottis

by Dr Stuart Waiton and Louise Henrard
April 8, 2021, 6:30 pm
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Students at Aberdeen University have voted to have trigger warnings included in lectures to alert them to topics that might cause them distress or upset.
Ivana Drdáková, the association’s vice-president elect with responsibility for student welfare, said fellow students should be shielded from unwanted references to issues such as animal abuse, racism and transphobia.
But the move has sparked accusations of snowflake students and concerns that free speech is being stifled.

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