I think starting by expanding how you describe what the summary should be is a good way to start. I think with the exception of the shock jerks most people will understand that in a work shop its reasonable to ask for more info than a reader would normally come in with. Your policy on trigger warnings makes it clear that you don't have a moral opposition to the idea, but that a check list is not the right way to do things in this environment. Ask that people make a good faith effort to warn for things most likely to cause problems (not sure on phrasing); then specify the most obvious and fence post from there:
As a starting point for discussion what do you think about: "unfortunately it is all too likely that more than one person in this class will be (actively harmed? triggered? have trauma associated with) unwanted sexual contact, violence, and or hard drugs, so we would like to emphasize things in that area when deciding what to include in the summary. While its not always possible to draw a clear line, it would be better to include it in the summary needlessly than not include it when needed. It is an absolute must for scenes with on screen (unwanted sexual touch/rape/forced kissing), physical violence, injection of drugs or drug use resulting in (passing out?hallucination? not sure on what would be the trigger for most people since I usually have to tap out around slurred speach or needles existing which is probably too tame for most)"
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Date: 2019-03-27 08:34 am (UTC)As a starting point for discussion what do you think about:
"unfortunately it is all too likely that more than one person in this class will be (actively harmed? triggered? have trauma associated with) unwanted sexual contact, violence, and or hard drugs, so we would like to emphasize things in that area when deciding what to include in the summary. While its not always possible to draw a clear line, it would be better to include it in the summary needlessly than not include it when needed. It is an absolute must for scenes with on screen (unwanted sexual touch/rape/forced kissing), physical violence, injection of drugs or drug use resulting in (passing out?hallucination? not sure on what would be the trigger for most people since I usually have to tap out around slurred speach or needles existing which is probably too tame for most)"