@Fenzle , In a normal world where you can't respawn , get rezzed , etc . If i come behind you and i slit your throat , you will experience absolute pain for a few second and then nothing . That the end of you .
Torture , is inflicting you a lot of pain , breaking your limb , putting spike in your finger , cutting slice or your sensible part , and at the end of the day you may live and die a natural death 40 years after. Or you can suicide.
Rape is like mental torture , breaking of ego , of free will , getting pleasure even though you would never understand how , and the disgust of that pleasure . It break people , lots of people commit suicide after it. Now most people imagine rape as forced oral sex or one time session . What would happen to you if you got gang raped by several individual over several days or weeks . If you think being a man protect you somehow (think again , they also dont care about your sexual preferences. If you get thrown out after 3 week of rape , there is absolutely no chance you could throw it over the shoulder and continue your life . You would probably try to go home to relax , can't , then find the nearest way for you to end your life.
Now is rape better than murder? You can answer it yourself