Comparing Non-Con Tickling to RAPE is about the most thoughtless, face-palm idiotic and mind-numbingly cruel thing I can think of suggesting to a rape survivor.
Listen, I know rape victims.
One of my best friend's 16 yr old daughter Rachael was raped by a Sex-Offender in his Subway uniform and he punched her so hard her shattered jaw had to be wired shut for months so she couldn't even talk about it or eat solid food.
Ask her if she would have traded being tickled for being raped and she will either attack you physically (justifiably) or break down sobbing because she thought you were making fun of her.
Rape affects victims, families and friends for LIFE, and them some.
Comparing the two is a viscous slap-in-the-face to victims of RAPE and Sexual Assault.
Your agenda here is clear; and you're willing to cross any line and say *anything* in attempt to sway people to your way of thinking.
Tickling is not a crime.
Comparing it to RAPE should be.
Get over it.
I had a response to this back when it was posted, but I didn't feel like typing it out. As both this and another thread about the morality of touching strangers without their consent has popped back up, I think I should.
First of all, what I'm about to say in no way trivializes what coldneck's friend's daughter went through. It was a horrible thing. Beyond horrible. I hope she's doing okay these days.
Here's the thing, though; people like her exist. People who've been traumatized by sexual assault perpetrated by strangers. Some people carry the damage from that trauma for years after. Some of them may never properly relate to the opposite sex again.
Look at the woman sitting next to you on the bus. Can you tell at a glance if she's one of those people unless she's eyeing you and fingering a can of Mace? No. You can't.
So while it's true that asking the young lady mentioned above if she'd rather be tickled than raped is in horribly poor taste, what if you asked her if she'd be okay with a complete stranger, twice her size, sneaking up behind her and touching her without her knowledge? I think she'd have a far different reaction. Better yet, what if you just plain did it without telling her? What are you going to do if it triggers a flashback? Grin and say you're sorry while she's curled up sobbing on the ground? Better yet, blow off her trauma by telling her "it's just tickling, stop being so sensitive!"?
Bottom line... you shouldn't touch people you don't know
precisely because you don't know how they're going to react. They could be a closet tickle fetishist hoping you throw caution to the wind and give them fodder for the True Stories forum. But... they could ALSO be a poor young woman who had her jaw broken a year ago and would really rather you stay the fuck away from her unless it's on her terms. Not giving her the option to define how people interact with her is simply the height of arrogance and selfishness. Full stop, end of story.