Sure, but we've ended up in a place where lawyers can't be taught about rape, or sociologists can't be taught about suicide.
https://www.legalcheek.com/2017/12/almost-half-of-law-studen...
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/trouble-teaching-ra...
> One teacher I know was recently asked by a student not to use the word “violate” in class—as in “Does this conduct violate the law?”—because the word was triggering. Some students have even suggested that rape law should not be taught because of its potential to cause distress.
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2015/09/04/dr...
> AQA’s decision to ban references of suicide from textbooks has been met with criticism from the sociology community. Anaïs Duong-Pedica argues it is naïve to assume that young people will never have encountered the idea of suicide prior to their A-levels. Refusing to engage with suicide in the classroom also marginalises students’ own experiences of suicide. Rather, measures should be put in place with and for students to accommodate the teaching and learning of sensitive topics such as suicide.
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> If I for example, decided to drop a video of something gruesome without context I would rightfully be lambasted for doing so.
I completely agree with this use of trigger warnings, if they're given in enough time for students to actually do anything with it.
But even then, a better option would be for the person to get treatment for their PTSD, and not engage in anxiety driven safety behaviours which usually make the problem worse not better, even if they feel comforting in the short term.