Trigger Warning Research Paper

Being a college student can be overwhelming, in addition being a student experiencing

life with fear, should this take opportunity from other students to address topics such as rape,

physical abuse and racism? It should not. Lukianoff and Haidt, discussed trigger warnings across

universities as a movement in the rising. Consequently, it can be beneficial as it will give

students time to prepare or at least know a subject contacting graphical content will be discussed

in class.

Although, trigger warnings seem to be doing more harm than good, as some students are

taking the warnings too far. College students who are willing to spend their effort in arguing why

trigger warning should be kept and be expanded as a failure to realize …show more content…
As a student of medicine, I expect to acquire the utmost realist learning and training in

the medical field from teachers at the college and university level. It worries me to know that

trigger warnings can be used by student to argue for contents that can be beneficial for the

medicine student to learn in class. I might not get the best training required in cases, which will

require I be prepared to address them in the furthermost professional way.

Consequently, rape and domestic abuse are found offensive and are to be prohibited from

being taught in the classroom due to the possibility of triggering anxiety or flashbacks, I

personally feel scare to know that as a future Doctor I will not be able to learn how manage any

patient going thru a horrific event such as rape or domestic abuse as I will be lacking the

opportunity to learn about such instances forehand in a control environment where I will be able

to ask question of what to do or how to address the victim. How is school going to prepare

myself for a situation like this, if my fellow college peers are hindering the teachers to