Should universities provide “trigger warnings” and “safe spaces” for students?

Only for those with PTSD or another actual issue. Not for people who don't like something.

Yes, but only for those with actual issues.

Yes, but only for those who actually are in need.

I believe universities should provide "trigger warnings" and "safe spaces"

No, but they should provide a chapel.

Only for those with actual issues not for those who get offended easily.

Only for those with actual issues. Not for those who get offended easily.

Yes, but only for those with actual disorders.

Only for those with actual issues not for those who can't take the truth

Only for those who actually need it. PTSD from traumatic events and so on. Not because ones feelings got hurt.

They should be allowed too, but there is no need to make it mandatory.

Yes, but only for people with actual issues. Not because your feelings got hurt

Yes, students deserve to have an environment where they feel comfortable learning.

Yes, but only for those who have actual trauma. Not for those who get offended easily.

Yes to trigger warnings if they are for something extremely serious only.

It should be up to each campus to decide

Yes, but only for those with actual conditions not for those who get offended easily.

Only for people with actual problems and not for snowflakes who get offended easily.

Only for those with actual issues.

Only for those with actual issues not for those who get "offended" easily.

Only with those with actual issues

It should be left to each institution to decide whether they provide these.

Only for those with actual mental health issues not for those who get offended easily.

Yes, but only for those with actual mental health issues not for those who get offended easily.

Only for those people that actually need it. Not for people that get offended easily.

Only for people with actual problems.

Only for people with PTSD or other known troubles.

It's up to the college

Yes, but only for those with actual issues not for those who get offended easily.

Yes, but only for those with actual diseases/disorders.

Provide safe spaces where all students can go to calm the mind and relax.

Yes, but only for those with actual issues. Not for those who get offended easily.

The decision to implement "trigger warnings" should be up to the administration of the university. In regards to "safe spaces", universities may do as they please but tax dollars should not go towards funding them at public universities.

This should be up to colleges and universities.

Universities can choose to provide these things, but should not be required to do so. We can’t shelter people through early adulthood.

No, safe spaces should be for people with PTSD, but for people who simply disagree or are offended by something else.

Regardless, schools should allow exemptions from certain activities that are against a person's religion. For example, it is against my religion to watch sex scenes on movies. So school should be required to allow exemptions from watching those scenes for class. Etc.

Yes, but only put trigger warnings on things that are actually triggering

Teachers should provide content warnings for presentations much like we already see in film and music, and we should not allow anyone to feel like they're in danger by simply being on campus

A private university can do what it wishes. I can choose to go to that college if I want to.

How do you think creating a 'safe space' affects people's ability to deal with difficult conversations in real life?

What role do you think freedom of speech should play when it comes to students expressing potentially hurtful opinions?

Have you ever experienced a time where you felt a 'safe space' would have benefited you emotionally?

How do you balance protecting people's emotions and creating an environment where difficult topics can still be discussed?

Do you believe trigger warnings are helpful in preparing students for sensitive content, or do they encourage avoidance?

How do you feel when people say that 'safe spaces' prevent the growth of resilience and critical thinking?

If you could create a 'safe space' in your school or community, what rules or limits would you set and why?

Can avoiding offensive or harmful content actually harm students in the long run by not allowing them to face uncomfortable truths?

How do we decide what counts as 'offensive' or 'harmful' when different people have different levels of sensitivity?

Do you think 'safe spaces' foster division in society, or can they help people come together by acknowledging different experiences?

Yes, because mental health on campuses is already strained and underfunded. Allowing people warning for sensitive material is empathetic.

That should ultimately be a decision made by the universities.

They should have both but also college needs to prepare students for the real world and introduce them to the harsh realities of our world and society

No, the government should not enforce it but if universities should be free to post them if they desire to

No, generally. However, they should be dealt with sensitively

Yes, within reason and means.

Public universities no. Private universities should have a student vote on the matter.

Universities should decide if they want to do this or not

Yes to trigger warnings but no to safe spaces.

No, trigger warning and safe spaces don't exist in the real world and giving them this option is only going to hurt them later in life.

It’s up to the college or university

Yes I feel like people need safe places and people do need trigger warnings

Colleges can challenge students, and be places of psychological safety.

Yes, but be required to have free speech areas/rooms

Yes, but students should also be encouraged to try and challenge themselves so that they are not less prepared for life after college.

Trigger warnings can be useful and safe spaces take personal and collective effort to be effective. Plopping a sign down declaring a "safe space" doesn't make it safe, and there's no possible way to add a warning for every possible trigger - but both concepts should be allowed at educational institutions.

No, college is a place to become more worldly by learning other peoples' cultures and backgrounds, and career skills. "Safe spaces" and "trigger warnings" prevent individuals from learning to cope with or work through their fears, deficiencies, and feelings. In such a case, the institutions put out half-baked adults into the world that act on their feelings rather than reason, intellectual conversation, or nuance.

I do not care either way

Yes, but the government shouldn't mandate it

Yes. "safe spaces" has been twisted by the media. Space Spaces were created for combat vets who were suffering form PTSD and other who have had violent trauma and are battling PTSD. PTSD is a very real disease.

The focus on just universities creates a false parity. If Universities should/must put up trigger warnings, then everyplace else should/must too.

if it revolves around something like PTSD then yes, if it revolves around beliefs then no

No, they should not be required, though they can if they choose to

Yes, but don't mandate them

No, you can't get trigger warnings in real life. I believe students should try to treat their mental trauma instead of being coddled.

Only trigger warnings.

Such matters should only exist for mental health reasons. They shouldn't be required or have to do with different opinions since university should be for education, expansion of the mind, and exposure to the world and new ideas

Yes, but it is up to the universities

The federal government shouldn't be apart of this

Leave it to each college to decide.

Universities should be allowed to do this, but the government should not mandate it.

No, but students should be allowed to forge their own safe spaces and be accommodated while in a public university.

It should be up to the universities to provide them.

It should be the University's choice

A private university should be able to choose if they would like to provide trigger warnings and safe spaces.

Yes as long as there is no cost to the taxpayer.

Yes, but universities should not be required to provide trigger warnings and safe spaces.

Yes if the discussion is about a topic like rape or sexual assault, it can trigger victims badly and safe spaces ae good for mental health

The government should not get involved in this issue.

No, universities cannot tend to every students own personal issues. Someone's safe place could be another's trigger. There aren't trigger warnings on the streets.

Yes, but focus on improving mental health services and student's financial stability.

Let colleges along with parents and students decide not the state.

Yes, safe spaces should be provided and the most basic trigger warnings should be provided but not everything can be labeled as a trigger.

only for the mentally or physically challenged.

Yes, provide trigger warnings and allow students to excuse themselves for religious or moral reasons, without penalty, but students do not need safe spaces. Providing safe spaces would increase political polarization, which leads to violence.

It should be dependent on the individual student's requests, but generally no.

yes, this will be helpful for students who have experienced trauma and need a place for them to be able to feel safe and calm

yes trigger warnings but not safe spaces because in universities you can just opt to leave the classroom

Yes, as long as they don't infringe on the students rights to free expression

Universities should provide care and proper education to obviate the need for these solutions.