Discussions about trigger warnings recur weekly. Is it paternalism? Well-intentioned? Or silly? There is a lot of confusion here: the trigger warning is actually a communicative tool to announce potentially stressful or traumatic content before it is presented. The aim of this advance notice is to give people who are vulnerable to emotional or psychological stress due to their individual experiences the opportunity to prepare for the upcoming content or, if necessary, to decide whether they want to expose themselves to it. In the meantime, however, trigger warnings are increasingly being extended to warn against all kinds of microaggressions and outdated stereotypes - streaming providers and film festivals in particular are relying on this strategy.

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