In JM Barrie’s classic children’s novel, Peter Pan, Neverland is the place where no one ever grows up. Today, Barrie’s fictional Neverland has become a reality on UK campuses.
A freedom-of-information request by this weekend’s Scottish Mail on Sunday found that Peter Pan is among the latest books to be slapped with a trigger warning by university officials. According to Aberdeen University, the beloved children’s book could prove to be ‘emotionally challenging’ to some adult undergraduates.
Trigger warnings, which aim to warn undergraduates in advance about content they may find ‘distressing’ or ‘offensive’, have become increasingly common in universities in recent years. Although, when they first appeared, they were used to draw attention to more adult themes in course content – from rape and murder to suicide and racism.
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