Moral Panic In Jenny Jarvie's Trigger In

There is a moral panic gripping the nation. Like most moral panics, it does involve material that could imaginably offend some sensibilities. However, the moral panic is not really about the material directly. Instead, the moral panic is about moral panic, specifically, on college campuses. Trigger warnings in college classrooms, do not restrict speech, they create it. Thusly, college is a place where one is expected to confront all manner of unfamiliar, yet difficult, and in many cases, unpleasant ideas. What are both teachers and students to do if those ideas can be considered emotionally or psychologically harmful? Art depicts rape or violence. Literature discusses racism or sexism. Movies show abuse, assault, or war.
In the New Republic article “Trigger Happy,” writer Jenny Jarvie addresses why trigger warnings evolved in such a highly debatable issue and if the warnings can be stopped. Jarvie states that her title of the article includes a “trigger warning,” therefore, defines it as “a disclaimer to alert …show more content…
They moved from private spaces to spaces that are more public. First, to places on the internet like Tumblr. Trigger warnings are in the tags of posts, for instance, people are allowed to block content before it even reaches their eyeballs (Trigger Warning). Since the internet continues to leak into meek space as it usually does, trigger warnings have found their way to college classrooms. Some teachers willingly provide, and some students have requested warnings for difficult and potentially offensive material. As a result, some worries have surfaced that students might respond to indirectly offensive educational content with moral panic. Then, teachers feel pressured to adjust or simply unable to teach certain material and lose their academic freedom. In addition, the worries continue that we are boosting an already out of hand problem—the psychological over sensitivity of the