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Physical Emotional
Debate Score:24
Arguments:13
Total Votes:27
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 Physical (5)
 
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What kind of abuse is worse, physical or emotional?

I've done this debate before, but due to something I’m doing in my personal life I want to go over it again. Maybe with different users I’ll get different responses, and I didn't really get what I wanted out of the last one, so let’s try again.

 

 

Also, this is strictly about relationship abuse. Physical is rather obvious what it pertains to. Emotional can be controlling, manipulation, and so on. 

 

Physical

Side Score: 8
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Emotional

Side Score: 16

Physical, of course.

The topic itself is a false dichotomy. While emotional abuse can be isolated, I haven't heard of a case of physical abuse that wasn't accompanied with emotional trauma as well.

Note that I'm not stating that all physical abuse also comes hand in hand with separate emotional abuse, but I am rather stating that physical abuse is also innately emotionally abusive.

Side: Physical
1 point

Depends on your mentality. I like them both it (for lack of better words) fires my drive up. any-who, most normal people would be affected through physical pain leading to an emotional pain. Most who are humiliated physically are emotionally tortured by it as well.

Side: Physical
1 point

I think that when it comes to abuse in relationships, these two things go hand in hand. You can't decide which is worse, because with physical abuse, there will be emotional trauma. With emotional abuse, there's a very high chance that there's physical abuse involved as well.

Side: Physical

Physical abuse will always damage someone mentally, but mental abuse will not damage someone physically.

Side: Physical

Physcial abuse can leave scars, bruises, and injuries, so, I base my opinion on those factors alone.

Side: Physical
3 points

The big reason I believe emotional is worse is because physical abuse is easier to find, and to know what's going on. Another person has a chance of seeing a bruise and, if you're not deluding yourself, you know if you get hit you're being abused.

Emotional abuse though can't be seen. Another person won't be able to see it unless they're there. What's worse is some victims don't even know they're being emotionally abused. It can go on for much longer before someone realizes they're being abused. It sounds weird, but it's true.

Side: Emotional
2 points

Emotional abuse would be worse for me. I fight for fun, so someone trying to physically abuse me would most likely get...physically abused.

I can't really say which is worse. It depends on the person really.

Side: Emotional
2 points

I think both kind of abuse is the same. Physical abuse does hurt and probably make people insecure, but with emotional abuse, it can lead to hurting yourself or even commiting suicide. Both is negative but I guess emotional hurts more for the inside and physical hurts you more from the outside. (sorry bad reasons. Just practising how to go to a side you don't really agree with since we're doing this at school)

Side: Emotional
2 points

For me, emotional abuse is worse. It takes quite a long time to overcome the pain. The pain is imprinted on your heart. And most of the time you're almost unable to wipe this pain off. Repercussions echoe for a long in your soul.

Side: Emotional

Emotional has more of an impact.

Side: Emotional
2 points

Physical abuse shows scars that others can possibly notice so that they can assist the victim (hopefully) in some way.

Emotional abuse forms no visible scars. The mental scars can cause self harm, suicide, and mental disorders.

Side: Emotional
2 points

Emotional abuse for sure. If you are being abused in any way, you can get help. 012345678910

Side: Emotional
1 point

From my experiences dealing with both Physical and Mental i have to say mental was far worse.I was hit to the point of bleeding so many times at a younger age i became immune to it and fearless because of my mentality.Yet that changed when they noticed that and used words to attack me i was unaware and confused but the word hurt even though i kept quiet.The hitting continued the words ran through my mind ,tears would flow out without warning until i became so weak in my own mind and body i started to aceapt my fate.Death was slowly taking my life.The scares in my body left and were replaced with new one yet they don't bother me.My mental scars never leave my mind and till this day im fighting to live the life i want to be.

Side: Emotional