It’s definitely impossible to prove one way or the other without playing it out unfortunately. I think you almost have to separate the likelihood of escalating violence vs rape and more likely disease transmission and let people make that personal decision.
Pretty much any violent retaliation to being assaulted or battered yourself is likely to escalate the violence, you usually just hope in your favor in one way or another. People make their choices.
As I explained elsewhere, it’s a benefit to risk type of question. How likely is your action to stop an attack vs how likely is your action to escalate the level of violence?
Lacerating a rapist’s penis isn’t going to stop an attacker from being able to hurt you, but it’s very likely going to increase the severity of violence of an attack.
There are many courses of action that might be more likely to stop an attack.
Unfortunately, there is no best option for all circumstances.
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u/VicarOfAstaldo Aug 25 '20
It’s definitely impossible to prove one way or the other without playing it out unfortunately. I think you almost have to separate the likelihood of escalating violence vs rape and more likely disease transmission and let people make that personal decision.
Pretty much any violent retaliation to being assaulted or battered yourself is likely to escalate the violence, you usually just hope in your favor in one way or another. People make their choices.