Safe Space Research Paper

Have you ever felt so alone in the world, that you thought you had nowhere to go, no one to talk to? In today’s society, people are criticized for everything, from their sexual orientation, to their religion. Safe spaces allow people to go to an environment where they feel safe from the outside world. The topic of safe spaces has been a highly debated subject in the past couple of months, but in today’s world safe spaces are necessary and an outlet for people experiencing difficult situations. According to the article by Frank Furedi about college safe spaces, the meaning of safe spaces has changed drastically over the last few years; the meaning of safe spaces used to refer to a room where people could go and discuss problems in a sheltered

Imagine if a simple little meeting place could decrease the suicide percentage. A simple concept of a safe space could impact someone's life so much that they decide to not take their own life. If saving someone’s life could be as transparent as having a safe space, would you not want there to be more safe spaces? Safe spaces are supposed to make people feel like they are wanted. Having a safe place where a person can go during low points in their life is one of the main reasons there are safe spaces. Having people to talk to, who are going through similar situations will help a person understand why they are important to life. Safe spaces help more than they harm, so allowing people to go to an environment where they feel like they belong is a win for

As mentioned earlier, most safe spaces are mainly located on college campuses, the article by Katrina Trinko, states that people think that college should be a place where students, regardless if they are liberal, conservative, libertarian, or green, do encounter other perspectives. One of the main arguments against safe spaces is that if people are going to college to achieve a higher level education, you should be able to have enough faith in yourself to argue your reasonings (Trinko). Some colleges do not support safe spaces because they want their students to speak out for what they believe in without fear of censorship (Trinko). According to the article by Howard Schweber, colleges that do not support safe spaces want their college to be a free society, where people are open to listening and permitting ideas. People feel that offering safe spaces would shelter students and not expose them to real world situations. A student would feel safe in his safe spaces during college, but what would the student do when safe spaces are no longer offered to them and they are not prepared for the real world? University's want to prepare students for the real world that they will have to face after graduation, and universities feel that safe spaces do not prepare students for