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Originally posted by punkworld
No, that's you being a fucking idiot. Death > bad memory.
Besides, while the rapist/molester is responsible for the actual event, society is actually responsible for much of the psychological distress. What happened is obviously a traumatic event (just like, for instance, "normal" violence), but society handles it by telling the victim over and over her/his "innocence has been lost", "purity has been violated" etc., thus greatly increasing the psychological damage.
The truth is that rape and such are rather comparable to violent kidnappings - horrendous, traumatic events, but most definitely not worse than death.
Society should start taking a more helpful stance towards victims, and a more realistic one towards sex offenders (they should only be released if the chance of recidivating is virtually non-existent, which in most cases comes down to life in prison).
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I think comparing something like rape or molestation to something like a kidnapping is way off base. What do you base that statement on? I mean, both will obviously suffer from something like post traumatic stress disorder, but i think the psychological problems associated with sex crime victims is far greater. The feelings of impurity, loss of innocence and even worse, the feelings of guilt, compound the grief, stress, and trauma. I think this is extremely true in cases of long term sexual abuse.
I get what you're saying about society's attitude towards victims, but i think you're overestimating the impact. First and foremost, the way they feel is all in their own head and not a damn thing anyone else says will change that. Society could be as helpful as possible, but these people would still feel dirty and unclean. The girl i mentioned.. It's literally been years, and she has made so much progress, but she still feels guilty, even though she sees why logically, she she shouldn't. She still feels like she has lost her innocence and is impure, despite my constant reassurance to the contrary. I mean, it's getting better, and i'm getting through, but this stuff takes years.