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Deadmaker
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South Africa anti-rape condom aims to stop attacks
#4604448 - 08/31/05 04:46 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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South Africa anti-rape condom aims to stop attacks
KLEINMOND, South Africa (Reuters) - A South African inventor unveiled a new anti-rape female condom on Wednesday that hooks onto an attacker's penis and aims to cut one of the highest rates of sexual assault in the world.
"Nothing has ever been done to help a woman so that she does not get raped and I thought it was high time," Sonette Ehlers, 57, said of the "rapex", a device worn like a tampon that has sparked controversy in a country used to daily reports of violent crime.
Police statistics show more than 50,000 rapes are reported every year, while experts say the real figure could be four times that as they say most rapes of acquaintances or children are never reported.
Ehlers said the "rapex" hooks onto the rapist's skin, allowing the victim time to escape and helping to identify perpetrators.
"He will obviously be too pre-occupied at this stage," she told reporters in Kleinmond, a small holiday village about 100km (60 miles) east of Cape Town. "I promise you he is going to be too sore. He will go straight to hospital."
The device, made of latex and held firm by shafts of sharp barbs, can only be removed from the man through surgery which will alert hospital staff, and ultimately, the police, she said.
It also reduces the chances of a woman falling pregnant or contracting AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases from the attacker by acting in the same way as a female condom.
South Africa has more people with HIV/AIDS than any other country, with one in nine of its 45 million population infected.
Ehlers, who showed off a prototype on Wednesday, said women had tried it for comfort and it had been tested on a plastic male model but not yet on a live man. Production was planned to start next year.
But the "rapex" has raised fears amongst anti-rape activists that it could escalate violence against women.
"If a victim is wearing such a device it may enrage the attacker further and possibly result in more harm being caused," said Sam Waterhouse, advocacy co-ordinator for Rape Crisis.
Other critics say the condom is mediaeval and barbaric -- an accusation Ehlers says should be directed rather at the act of rape.
"This is not about vengeance ... but the deed, that is what I hate," she said.
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thegatewaydrug
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Re: South Africa anti-rape condom aims to stop attacks [Re: Deadmaker]
#4604465 - 08/31/05 04:52 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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hmm thats a cool idea i guess, thatd be shitty for the guy but i guess he deserves it right
off topic - happy b-day mang
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Re: South Africa anti-rape condom aims to stop attacks [Re: thegatewaydrug]
#4604483 - 08/31/05 04:57 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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Yeah....I can just see some pissed off wife getting ahold of one of those because she is mad at her husband about something.
Thanks man.....I'm a quarter of a century old...damn...it's going by fast.
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Re: South Africa anti-rape condom aims to stop attacks [Re: Deadmaker]
#4604490 - 08/31/05 04:58 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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o shit i didnt even think of that. damn, that shit better not get into the states or bitches r going to be fucking guys over all the time
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Re: South Africa anti-rape condom aims to stop attacks [Re: Deadmaker]
#4604498 - 08/31/05 04:59 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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They should find a way to put a razor blade in there-- it'd be kinda tricky to do that without hurting the woman using it
Seriously though, any punishment is too good for a rapist.
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Re: South Africa anti-rape condom aims to stop attacks [Re: mantis]
#4604537 - 08/31/05 05:09 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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wut they SHOULD do (every country) is anyone that rapes a girl should have there balls removed. id say after the 2nd offence of rape they should do that. first offence should just be jail time
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Re: South Africa anti-rape condom aims to stop attacks [Re: mantis]
#4604548 - 08/31/05 05:11 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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They should sell these in prison as well.
Are they suppose to wear them 24/7? I mean that would be weird I would imagine. If they are actually comfortable enough so they don't notice they are in then what happens when a couple goes out, has a few drinks, starts getting frisky, and "Oops....honey I forgot to take my Rapex out. Now we have to go have them cut it out of your penis."
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Re: South Africa anti-rape condom aims to stop attacks [Re: Smushroom]
#4604558 - 08/31/05 05:15 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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heh, this invention is just screeming for sodomy
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thegatewaydrug
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Re: South Africa anti-rape condom aims to stop attacks [Re: Smushroom]
#4604559 - 08/31/05 05:15 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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/me gets shivers done my spine
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Re: South Africa anti-rape condom aims to stop attacks [Re: thegatewaydrug]
#4604895 - 08/31/05 06:27 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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they have had patents for things like this on file since the 1800's, this thing is not going to get into mass production
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Re: South Africa anti-rape condom aims to stop attacks [Re: deryl]
#4605767 - 08/31/05 08:53 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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ill stick to the old chastity rat thank you very much.
Edited by Mitchnast (09/02/05 12:29 PM)
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