Why trigger warnings don't work
They only reached popular consciousness in the 2010s, when feminist blogs used them ahead of content about sexual violence
The science is in, but don’t expect that to change anything. According to at least 17 recent studies, trigger warnings — those advisories posted ahead of content some readers may find distressing — not only fail to alleviate suffering in the emotionally disturbed but may actually induce greater trauma in those individuals.
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