
I know, I am one goofy lmao. And huge part of the reason for that is narratives about “oh you’ll ruin his life, he has a bright future etc etc,” which a death penalty will also exacerbate. This retributive justice shit lets society pay itself on the back and feel good without actually doing anything to help victims. If people put the energy they do fantasizing about weird torture for hypothetical rapists into actually stopping and convicting real ones we would have made much more progress.
They aren’t a freak lmao this is a common phenomenon among victims even without the death penalty given that most rapes are committed by friends and family. This isn’t even a theoretical, there’s many victims who don’t report because they feel guilty about the idea of their dad or cousin or friend or whatever going to jail. It’s not victim blaming to point out how society guilts victims into not reporting and this would make it worse
im one too “goofy”, and part of the reason it took me so long to come forward was because i didn’t think the punishment would do me justice. you would think the possibility of losing your life would thwart someone from committing the crime. and if it doesn’t you get what’s coming to you
So that’s your story and I’m sorry that happened to you, it’s a shit club to be in. It doesn’t disprove anything I’ve said though, all of which is common and documented. Not to sound harsh but it’s actually deeply in unempathetic of you towards fellow victims to completely dismiss the fact that many straight up don’t report because they feel guilty and don’t want blood on their hands. Your experience is not universal. Nor is what I’m saying actually that controversial ual.
not to trauma dump or anything, but I’m an actual CSA victim & i don’t feel that way. we all feel differently. and while it might make sense to be like “let the kid choose what happens” they are kids… and they would likely feel immense internal & external pressure. i know i would at that age. my parents, aunts & uncles, grandparents all have an opinion. it just sounds awful. better to lock them up for life, it’s cheaper anyway.