Rape. That's it. The more I think about it the more I'm all for retiring the term 'mind rape' entirely. While I admit that something like what Asuka suffered in Evangelion suggests a type of violation, and leads to an overwhelming sense of powerlessness, that makes it tempting to compare it to the act of rape, I still don't think it's appropriate. It's an entirely fictional and sci-fi/fantasy based attack, as are most attacks that are considered 'mind rape,' making it a completely different monster than something as real as sexual assault. The idea of attacking someone mentally is abhorrent to me, and I used to use the term 'mind rape' frequently, but now I feel really uncomfortable when fictitious mental attacks are compared to something like rape, even if the people using the term aren't actually equating the two.