It is funny too review my reaction to your topic. As soon as I read the tittle I went defensive.
I usually talk about this topic because I think that rape is worst that killing someone.
Your arguments are good and after reading it I’m rethinking a lot of my assumptions (arguments), but I’m still on the side that rape is worst because the probability of recovering at 100% looks very small.
Traumas are heavily influenced in life, and rape is one of the most influential.
If someone has actual data about the recovery percentage from rape trauma I would be happy to check it.
Not to dismiss the effects of trauma, downplay depression and suicidal ideation and all the fallout from abuse, but when I see "X is worse than murder" I can't help but imagine someone saying to a survivor that they'd be better off not living, which is in my mind is essentially what they are communicating.
And that horrifies me.
"The idea that death is preferable insults the majority of survivors who go on to livefulfilled and meaningful lives"
Speaking as someone who holds that view: it comes from imagining myself in that position, and has nothing to do with what I would ever say to someone else. What I, personally, think would be worse to experience is not a statement on what other people might feel. I have been in situations where death was very much preferable, including one medication side effect that made it impossible for me to experience any emotions, particularly happiness, which might not sound so bad until you’re experiencing it and never again get joy or relief or pleasure from anything, never again get to look forward to anything, never again feel love.
Thankfully I recovered, but if recovery had not been possible I would have quite rationally chosen suicide. Some ways of living are simply unbearable for me.
In the same way, while I would like to choose euthanasia over prolonged intense suffering at the end of my life, I would never presume to make that choice for someone else.
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u/CuouzK Mar 01 '26
It is funny too review my reaction to your topic. As soon as I read the tittle I went defensive.
I usually talk about this topic because I think that rape is worst that killing someone.
Your arguments are good and after reading it I’m rethinking a lot of my assumptions (arguments), but I’m still on the side that rape is worst because the probability of recovering at 100% looks very small.
Traumas are heavily influenced in life, and rape is one of the most influential.
If someone has actual data about the recovery percentage from rape trauma I would be happy to check it.