[Northern Monkey]

Should universities be a 'safe space' where people are sheltered from anything that may hurt their feelings?

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[user104658]

["The Answer Might Surprise You!"]

I agree with the psychologist's middle ground stance. Include the warning in the prospectus material for the course along with an outline of topics that will be covered, to allow people to decide whether or not they are in the mindset to be able to take on the course in the first place, and then there should be no reason to micromanage it at a later date for every individual class or lecture. The warnings about the subjects that are likely to be covered are clear from the outset. A good compromise, surely.

[Kizzy]

You do realise there are 3 threads on this exact same topic now?

[Crimson Dynamo]

that wee lassie needs to get a job, get a mortgage, work in an office and then come back


she should be studying not flapping her lips about pretending she is a grown up

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

You do realise there are 3 threads on this exact same topic now?

Three Threads on the Same Topic - You Won't Believe The Ways In Which They are Different!

[RichardG]

is this an exclusively american thing? i'm studying history at university and i haven't encountered one person who wants trigger warnings or safe spaces (thankfully).

[user104658]

Originally Posted by RichardG

is this an exclusively american thing? i'm studying history at university and i haven't encountered one person who wants trigger warnings or safe spaces (thankfully).

No one cares about poxy British news.

[Livia]

I wonder wheat kind of job these people are studying for? It's going to be a great big bloody shock when they discover life's hard when you finally leave school.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Livia

I wonder wheat kind of job these people are studying for? It's going to be a great big bloody shock when they discover life's hard when you finally leave school.

Well she is a law student so she's studying for a pretty cushy / easy job to be fair.

[Withano]

Is there a version without that narrator bloke?

[Kizzy]

She's very articulate and for a such a young age and can more than hold her own in the debate, the professor who simply suggests that anyone born post 1980 has a different mindset is in effect infantalising anyone younger than 37 :/

[Kizzy]

Demand specifics don't just accept slogans...... Now back to 'problem glasses' ( the sjw)

[Northern Monkey]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

["The Answer Might Surprise You!"]

I agree with the psychologist's middle ground stance. Include the warning in the prospectus material for the course along with an outline of topics that will be covered, to allow people to decide whether or not they are in the mindset to be able to take on the course in the first place, and then there should be no reason to micromanage it at a later date for every individual class or lecture. The warnings about the subjects that are likely to be covered are clear from the outset. A good compromise, surely.

This is what i think.If somebody is studying law they have a good chance when they get a job of coming into many conflict situations and maybe quite disturbing cases depending on what field they go into.They need to learn about how to handle these cases and situations and be prepared.
If they can't even deal with class then maybe that is the wrong career path for them.
They won't get a trigger warning when they're defending a vicious murderer in court.

[Northern Monkey]

Originally Posted by Livia

I wonder wheat kind of job these people are studying for? It's going to be a great big bloody shock when they discover life's hard when you finally leave school.

Yeah i don't think all this pandering to peoples fragilities is helpful at all.They need to be exposed to what real life is about and be prepared.

[Niamh.]

I listened to a tiny bit of it, trigger warnings for what? fgs

[Kizzy]

Is this not the professor who compared homosexuality to incest during a lecture?

[Northern Monkey]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I listened to a tiny bit of it, trigger warnings for what? fgs

Anything that may upset one of the many victimised oppressed minorities that seem to be so prevalent in US universities at the moment.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Northern Monkey

Anything that may upset one of the many victimised oppressed minorities that seem to be so prevalent in US universities at the moment.

Sounds a bit like babying to me, if a lecturer says something that someone finds that offensive would they not have rather heard it so they could report it or something?

[Northern Monkey]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Is this not the professor who compared homosexuality to incest during a lecture?

No.....and he didn't.

He said that for a straight male the sight of two men getting it on stirs up the same kind of reaction as if you were told to sleep with a sibling.Both situations would be equally distasteful.He didn't say being gay is wrong like incest....and it was part of a lesson.

[Northern Monkey]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Sounds a bit like babying to me, if a lecturer says something that someone finds that offensive would they not have rather heard it so they could report it or something?

It's more to do with lesson material that may upset people rather than lecturers actually deliberately offending people i think.

When people are at uni age they are young adults.They should be treated as such imo.Treating them like kids is not gonna prepare them for the future.

[Northern Monkey]

Originally Posted by Withano

Is there a version without that narrator bloke?

Just try and ignore him.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Northern Monkey

It's more to do with lesson material that may upset people rather than lecturers actually deliberately offending people i think.

When people are at uni age they are young adults.They should be treated as such imo.Treating them like kids is not gonna prepare them for the future.

I agree with that. If you're going to do a college course surely you have to be able to cover all the lesson material otherwise maybe that field of study is not for you?

[Northern Monkey]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I agree with that. If you're going to do a college course surely you be able to cover all the lesson material otherwise maybe that field of study is not for you?

Exactly.Censoring everything is a slippery slope to substandard education.

[jennyjuniper]

Originally Posted by Northern Monkey

Should universities be a 'safe space' where people are sheltered from anything that may hurt their feelings?

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NO. If people who want all the advantages of being thinking adults can't solve their problems other than running off to hide, giving them 'safe spaces' will only feed into their immature way of handling life.. Stand up and deal with problems, instead of hiding from them. I suspect a lot of this is to do with needy people wanting to feel elitist and 'special'.

[jennyjuniper]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Sounds a bit like babying to me, if a lecturer says something that someone finds that offensive would they not have rather heard it so they could report it or something?

Yes. Or do the mature thing and confront him/her at the time.