re: Meet ‘Generation Snowflake'

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I figured as much, but why even say it?

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because it's a very powerful message that reminds us that our worst case scenario is not THE worst case scenario

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I mean if I had to pick one thing that was, generally speaking, the worst thing a woman could experience, I'd pick rape.

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I would say it's one of the worst things, but, as a woman, I can think of things that could be worse for me to experience.

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If her point is that there are different levels or rape,

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Women, generally, do not distinguish different levels of rape. They may victim-bash (for lack of a better term) because that way they can distance themselves from the act. Such as, I would never get that drunk at a party, so the Stanford swimmer would never rape me. I would never wear that outfit, I would never walk alone after dark...these are all things said to distance yourself so you don't feel vulnerable. Other people, will use them as reasons why someone was attacked. Again it distances their wife, sister, daughter, mother, SO from those who are raped.

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Getting up in front of a crowd of women in their late teens and early twenties and telling them that there are worse things that can happen to you than rape is stirring the pot just for the hell of it.

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Possibly, but it is rather thought provoking. See this current conversation. But also, look at how the victim of the Stanford swimmer has been treated. I would argue that being called a slut who was asking for it because she had too much to drink can be worse than what happened. The details of her life before becoming public knowledge. That regardless of what she does or accomplishes in her life, her life will now be broken down into before the rape and after the rape. That no matter how well she handles this and heals, she will never have that same privacy, security, and dignity she once had. All because of one person and one night. So, while the rape may be the catastrophic catalyst, it may by no means be the worst thing she ever experiences.