It's Decided
I decided to change all instances of the word "rape" on the page to something more like "hurting" or "pain". As mentioned in the edit description, this was for two reasons:
- It doesn't make sense semantically, as the colloquial definition of rape includes some degree of sexuality.
- It could be offensive or triggering for some readers, and being disrespectful to those people is not fun nor entertaining. I'm not saying the subject can never come up, but I personally believe that, as a site, we should try to tackle it respectfully and that wasn't what was going on here.
In the future, please do not just unilaterally "decide to" make major changes to a page like that. An ATT discussion has permitted your removal of the word "rape" to stand for obvious reasons of good taste, but I have also had to go through and repair the grossly inelegant and clunky phrases like "ear pain" or "eye hurting" with text that flows better. It is for reasons like that that these decisions should be brought up in discussion first.
Also, as TV Tropes doesn't do trigger warnings (outside of a few very specific allowances), "triggers" are not regarded as a valid reason for otherwise-unnecessary page edits. Warnings are not permitted, nor is spoiler-hiding "trigger text". As stated, your change was allowed to stand because careless use of the word "rape" is in blatant bad taste and there are more colorful ways of describing the trope (and we're all about colorful and clever), but note that if that were not the case, TV Tropes would not otherwise cater to "triggers".
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It says that it is only Sensory Abuse if it is intentional. That makes me wonder, what is it when it is Unintended?
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Does the Mental Static Generator from Second Foundation counts? The device normally acts as a Psychic Static, but when the intensity is increased, it becomes an Agony Beam. The problem is that the device work on with a sense that the second foundationers in the book have but normal humans don't (the ability to sense emotions). So, the device cause Sensory Abuse, but with a sense humans don't have, does it still count?
Can this trope still be in play if this can't be done directly to the viewer (ie: a literary work), but it nonetheless happens In-Universe and is told from the victim's POV? Like, if the narrator was dealing with an Absurdly Bright Light?