Rape is not wrong. You are.

Warning: The hard to stomach details will be in bold for the sake of my argument being readable to more viewers.Before I begin, to everyone who must read what my opponent has happily written I credit you for sticking with me, and I promise to win this debate for you. Unlike my other debates I did not take this for personal pleasure but rather I cannot stomach the idea of this debate being lost to my opponent. Rape is not sex, rape is not BDSM, sex and BDSM are consensual without consensuality rape occurs. Rape causes PTSD, and a lifetime of pain for the victim. Rape is often torture, and the conventional definition of torture is as followed"any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession…." [1]However rape is not limited to being a torture technique as it may benefit the rapist, a likely benefit for the rapist is by providing said rapist with an offspring. Of course rape has both provided a time-tested torture technique that still holds up as arguably the most inhumane torture, seeing the cruel nature of rape and how it has the potential to benefit the rapist. It continues to rear its ugly face in society.Is torture immoral?"During his State of the Union address, President Bush spoke about the horrifying torture techniques Saddam Hussein has inflicted on prisoners in Iraq. He described the use of electric shock, burning with hot irons, acid, and rape. He said that the Iraqi government tortured children to get their parents to confess to crimes. President Bush concluded: "If this isn't evil, then evil has no meaning." "[1]My opponent's made up definition of rape:"a passionate, direct, intimate and unforgettable connection established deeply between people, with the result of tremendous sexual gratification and pleasure."rape: unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim. [2]To quote a truth in cases of sexual assault:"When a victim “identifies” with the attacker, it does not invalidate the attack. Rape is rape. Assault is assault. And Stockholm Syndrome is very real." [3]Any pleasure found by the victim or the assailant is inconsequential, even in the event the victim develops stockholm syndrome. Albeit it may make the case more difficult to prove especially before the victim receives "examinations by both a physician and a mental health professional" which are completely necessary in this event. [3]How unpopular is torture? A median of 45% across the countries polled said they did not believe use of torture by their governments against suspected terrorists to try to gain information about possible attacks in their country could be justified. Literally meaning torture techniques such as rape aren't justifable to almost half of the population regardless of it it's being used on our worst enemies. [4]How unpopular is the death penalty?Where do we stand with the death penalty? 41% of those polled by gallup do not favor the death penalty. [5] Quite literally according to popular view the death penalty is more favorable than torture, irregardless of who may be tortured and the circumstance. To quote my opponent:"unlike other crimes, such as murder, arson, fraud, or theft, there is little to no physical loss in rape"While physical loss is comm in crimes it would be silly to say a physical loss is necessary for a crime to have occured In fact, assuming physical loss is necessary for a crime to have occured is fallacous. In addition to this you added in a sneaky undermining of injuries that occur in events of rape, luckily the human body besides the heart and brain have great healing potential, but nevertheless severe physical injuries often occur alongside the aspect of mental trauma. Injuries ocuring in Vaginal rape by Penis (from the pdf rape as a method of torture)"When a woman is not sexually aroused, the vaginal surfaces lie in apposition and the vagina is no more than a potential space. Forced entry is painful because the vagina is not being lubricated by an outporing of mucous. Rather than adjusting her position to enable penetration, a woman being raped is actively avoiding the union, and these struggles result in bleeding, bruising and pain. If she is a virgin the hymen may be torn. After violent rape the bruises can be very painful especially when walking or sitting.." [6]Injuries occuring in Anal penile rape (from the pdf rape as a method of torture)"Anal penetration usually requires more force because men and women who are raped can tighten the anal sphincter. If the rapist persists against resistance, anal rape can tear the anal mucosa and cause heavy bleeding. If she already suffers from haemorrhoids (piles), which are bulging veins around the anus, these are also likely to be torn, which causes more blood loss.""Anal rape may lead to anal fissure – a crack in the mucosa that fails to heal and which gives intense pain on passing faeces."[6]Rape in wartime?Mass rape of a countries women is an extremely demoralizing technique often used in war. Alongside the trauma and injuries inflicted on the women. Men were often mentally demoralized and broken as such events occured. In the classic fashion of rapists they may later subject the victim to murder, especially those who resisted. To quote a Filipino women's ordeal: "The door banged open and soldiers from the Imperial Japanese Army were suddenly upon them. They grabbed Bartonico’s cousin and dragged her across the floor. The girl screamed and kicked and scratched the soldiers’ faces. Three soldiers took turns raping her before they killed her. Witnessing her cousin’s assault and murder, Bartonico wept as another soldier tied her up and raped her in front of her family and friends.“I wanted to resist, but I was too afraid,” she said. “So began my suffering ... at the hands of japanese soldiers." " Cases were well documented as an estimated 400,000 women and girls were kidnapped and put ito forced service at "comfort stations" by the japanese military during WW2 [7]To conclude rape has proven itself one of if not the worst forms of torture, and when not being used as a torture technique it is hardly different. Arguably worse since the rapist instead of looking for information is literally only attempting to rape you meaning you likely have no way out.[1] https://www.hrw.org...[2] http://www.dictionary.com...[3] http://thestonefoundation.com...[4] http://www.pewresearch.org...[5] http://news.gallup.com...[6] https://www.freedomfromtorture.org...[7] https://www.huffingtonpost.com...