Is rape worse than permanent facial disfigurement?

Question

would you rather be scarred outside for life than inside?

(serious research question)

Answer 1

to me both are equally distasteful.

either way I would kill myself.

Answer 2

I would rather be scarred inside rather than outside, so I guess I'm saying permanent facial disfigurement is worse.  But that is only for me though, I'm sure many others would disagree with me, and I couldn't even begin to imagine the horrors of rape, but that is just how I feel. I think I could recover myself by doing whatever necessary, but if my face were to be permanently disfigured I know I would have a h**l of a time coming to terms with it and trying to get over it.  I feel incredibly vain for saying that though.

Edit:  I agree with Sticky Sweet.

Answer 3

what a disgusting question i mean this question has turn me on a little,I would rather be raped by a tramp stinking of special brew than have any disfigurements to my very beautiful face.

hope this helps.

Answer 4

Thats a really horrible question, i honestly ***** choose.

Answer 5

you cannot ask a plastic sergeon to heal your mental trauma

Answer 6

I think it is not as bad as facial scarring but it is worse to some people.

Answer 7

I'd rather be scarred outside, people could then see and understand why you are in mental pain.  I was raped over 20 years ago and it still haunts me, but a lot of people who havent been through it dont understand because they cant physically see my pain!

I also found out recently that a girl I went to school with was raped and ended up committing suicide because she couldnt cope with it.

I would rather have a facial disfigurement

Answer 8

Well it depends... I wouldn't want to be raped because that would suck, but at the same time if I had facial disfigurement a lot of people would look at you and make fun of you and I probably couldn't take it emotionally... So I'd say being raped....

it would haunt you for life and I know some people that have been and they say it was the worst thing that ever happened...

Answer 9

It depends where you were raped and who by. Facial disfigurement is fine so long as all your facial organs are left intact and you have somebody who loves you. Rape is generally horrible but the memories can be bottled up until your midlife crisis. I choose neither.

Answer 10

What sort of mind wants to know the answer to that I wonder?

It would be the external scaring, should I get a choice.

Answer 11

what kind of question is tht????

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?...

Answer 12

Wow, that's a good question. Although I don't wish for either of those things to happen to me, I would have to choose the rape. If I had facial disfigurement, I would have to "share" it with the world when I go out. People would be staring at me constantly. At least with the rape, my trauma would not be visible and therefore not drawing attention to me and making me feel worse all the time.

Answer 13

anything that is forced onto an individual against their will (rape/injury/any crime etc etc) is terrible and cannot be compared in terms of relative unpleasantness

Answer 14

And what makes you think disfigurement wouldn't leave psychological scarring as well?

However, leaving aside your question's uncertain premises, if somehow forced to choose I suspect I'd go for rape for the simple reason that I would not then have to wear a big red 'R' on my chest for the rest of my days. Our society still judges very much by appearance, and people would have to get past my scars before (to fall back on cliche) getting to know the 'real me'. But I'd have some measure of control over how and when new acquaintances learned that I'd been raped.

I should add that I'm asexual and as such have no fear of trauma interfering with my efforts to have a normal s*x life.

Answer 15

I can't see the point of making the comparison.  A whole lot of unpleasant things could be compared in this way but why?

Answer 16

I can't imagine what sort of "research" you are doing, but you can't pick the lesser of two evils like this.  

Read the book Sophies' Choice by William Styron if you want to read about horrible decisions.

Answer 17

Outside definitely. I don't give a c**p about how I look.  I don't know what I would do with myself if I was raped. I honestly don't think I would survive it - I'd turn into a zombie. Thinking about it gives me goosebumps.

Answer 18

Sorry, but this is a silly question.

Answer 19

I am sure that the facial disfigurement would be much easier to come to terms with than the rape.

I have a female friend who was raped about 6 years ago. She is still suffering with severe depression, and has tried to take her life several times.

Answer 20

i think permanent facial disfigurement is worse...because with being raped, it's something i can hide.

with permanent facial disfigurement, i feel everyone who sees me will judge me, will 'know my life story', pity me, or make fun of me. i feel exposed. with that, i think i'd feel both scarred outside AND inside because i will be treated differently - and not to mention, i will also have a hard time accepting my deformities (whether im born with it or not, id have to go to counselling) and if the facial disfigurements were really bad and i coudln't reach my full potential...like if the disfigurement stuffed up my eyesight and i watned to be a pilot...then itd be pretty hard.

but with rape, i can hide it from who i want to hide it from and get support from the people i trust.

i guess for me, its all about being vulnerable to other ppl and how they percieve me.

but i haven't experienced either, so, rereading my answer, my answer was very unrealistic. but that's just my opinion.

p.s. i think this is a good research question by the way, mind if i ask what the book's about?