Huh this is a whole.... hole..... Rape victim argues being raped by a TW is no different than being raped by a W? (I disagree but please discuss!)

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[–]worried19 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Well, it is true that a natal female person could have raped her. They just would have been extraordinarily less likely to.

Less likely to try, but also less likely to succeed. I'm assuming despite the transition, there are still significant physical strength and height disparities between her and her ex.

[–]MezozoicGaygay male 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Natal female rape will be also different, because of the lack of penis and less differences in strenght between the two.

[–]worried19 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

The body parts would be different, but surely the violation would be the same?

I've never experienced either, thankfully, but I can't imagine same-sex rape would be less traumatizing.

[–]Spikygrasspod 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

When someone puts their fingers, or something that they're holding in their hands, inside you, their entire body isn't usually pressed against yours, their hips aren't on yours, their legs aren't between yours, their face might not be breathing on your face, they don't ejaculate bodily fluids into you, and you can't get pregnant and you're probably not going to get an STD. Trauma can have lots of non-physical components like emotional betrayal etc. And only the individual can say how they feel about it. But for me, I don't feel that it's the same.

[–]worried19 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Good point about the threat of pregnancy.

Female-on-female rape carries no risk of that. For the rest, I don't feel comfortable commenting and agree it's up to the survivors of such attacks to say how they feel about it.