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It just occurred to me that most of those don’t prove my point.
Most of the list are examples where a passuk/ chazal tell us that although aveira x has a lighter punishment it is worse.
Since we have no chazal for rape I hear why you can’t apply it.
However 2 of them #4 moilech and #21 hitting someone are examples where a aveira we know on our own to be more severe (killing all children or maiming someone) gets a lighter onesh. Chazal don’t tell us killing all children is worse (correct me if I’m wrong) but “obviously” it’s worse we know it based on seichel it doesn’t need a rayah. Ditto for maiming someone and ditto for rape