On: Do We Still Need Prisons?

[aninhumer]

>what is the physical damage to you if you get raped?

I don't think the parent was suggesting only physical damage be considered. They discussed several examples of emotional damage.

EDIT: And I'm not really sure why you're calling their post reductive either, it seemed fairly nuanced, and ended with "It's a very deep question. Not something that HN will answer in a thread."

[eanzenberg → aninhumer]

The OP kind of was when they brushed away the burglary they experienced as, not much monetary loss and the lost feeling of security was back went away after a few weeks. To feel secure in one's home is f*&(ing important. I'm not equating it to rape, but it's that intangible feeling of lost of trust you cannot quickly brush away.

[whitegrape → eanzenberg]

Emotional damage is interesting. In many senses it's entirely one's own fault, if one feels emotionally damaged / offended / distraught. But it's an uncommon mental discipline to get yourself to feel differently. That intangible feeling of lost trust can be quickly brushed away, the OP is an example of that since they did it in weeks, similarly rape actually doesn't end up being a huge deal for some victims. But it's pretty weird to start drafting up policies (like "let's punish less 'cause come on, he just threatened you with a knife and took your wallet, he didn't actually hurt you and your material losses were only the cost to get a new wallet and the small time it took to cancel any credit cards") that would only work on a small portion of the population with a certain level of mental discipline. The fact that some have it to various degrees and some don't is enough to make any suggestion requiring it to be pointless unless that suggestion includes "and kill / severely culturally shame anyone who does not have the discipline".