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316 sats \ 3 comments \ @south_korea_ln 1 Jan BooksAndArticles

The University of Exeter in the United Kingdom has advised undergraduates studying Homer’s ancient poems The Iliad and The Odyssey, the two major Greek epic poems, that if the subject is “causing distress” they should “feel free to deal with it in ways that can help (e.g., leave the classroom, contact well-being services and/or talk to the lecturer).”

The advise has been particularly strong to students taking the module “Women in Homer,” who at the beginning of the course are warned that they may find the material “uncomfortable and challenging,” particularly the references to rape, infant mortality and sexual violence.

Not sure I'm a big adept of adding a trigger warning for this, for university students, but I very much prefer this than a flat out ban as was the case in #736747.

What do you think? As some people here were in favor of book bans, i wonder if this favor would then extend to a trigger warning on certain books.

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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan 1 Jan

Pussies

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 1 Jan

I am concerned that by being too accommodating to those with mental health issues, we are instead normalizing mental weakness. It's a difficult line to draw, because mental issues are not as easily tested by means of physical indicators, only behavioral, and behaviors can be faked or (more likely) conditioned by the environment.

I don't know what the right balance is, but if you were to ask me which side of the hill American universities are on, it's that they're being too accommodating, and that students should be expected, by default, to be tough enough to engage with difficult material.

Thus, the expectation should be that there is no need for trigger warnings. If a student really thinks they're unable to cope with some material, the burden should be on them to work something out with the professor. The burden should not be on the university to shield students from encountering challenging material.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @jk_14 1 Jan

"Homer should be censored!", LOL (due to: snowflake generation ;)

The End Is Near ;)