This is serious, but I have a few questions. Primarily, if this was marketed in ENGLAND where it is a criminal offense to FIGHT BACK, then would the rape victim be charged with assault?
SOUTH AFRICAN ANTI-RAPE CONDOM
Posted Apr 12th 2007 5:03PM by Angela Bronner Helm
Filed under: AIDS: 25 Years and Counting
The adage "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" has taken on new meaning.
And with the RapeX anti-rape female condom, that pound is coming out of somebody's johnson.
RapeX is a female condom that damages a rapist's penis after penetration with sharp microscopic barbs that hook into the skin.
After the man is incapacitated, this ostensibly gives the woman time to escape. The condom can only be surgically removed (thereby catching the perp redhanded), but supposedly will not cause major damage if removed immediately.
Invented by Sonette Ehlers, a blood technician at the South African Institute for Medical Research, RapeX has been in existence since August 2005 and is to be inserted and worn when a woman is "on a train, working late, going out on a date with someone you don't know too well, going to clubs, or in any situation that you might not feel comfortable or even just not sure."
Rape plays a significant role in the high prevalence of HIV among women in South Africa.
South Africa is a country hardest hit by AIDS, a lot of which is fueled by an epidemic of rape: In a 2006 study of 1,370 South African men, nearly 20% revealed that they had raped a woman (and these are the ones ADMITTING it!)
Posted Apr 12th 2007 5:03PM by Angela Bronner Helm
Filed under: AIDS: 25 Years and Counting
And with the RapeX anti-rape female condom, that pound is coming out of somebody's johnson.
RapeX is a female condom that damages a rapist's penis after penetration with sharp microscopic barbs that hook into the skin.
After the man is incapacitated, this ostensibly gives the woman time to escape. The condom can only be surgically removed (thereby catching the perp redhanded), but supposedly will not cause major damage if removed immediately.
Invented by Sonette Ehlers, a blood technician at the South African Institute for Medical Research, RapeX has been in existence since August 2005 and is to be inserted and worn when a woman is "on a train, working late, going out on a date with someone you don't know too well, going to clubs, or in any situation that you might not feel comfortable or even just not sure."
Rape plays a significant role in the high prevalence of HIV among women in South Africa.
South Africa is a country hardest hit by AIDS, a lot of which is fueled by an epidemic of rape: In a 2006 study of 1,370 South African men, nearly 20% revealed that they had raped a woman (and these are the ones ADMITTING it!)