02-09-2005 00:19									#1
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quote: Anti-rape condom aims to stop attacks 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 coordinator for Rape Crisis. Other critics say the condom is medieval 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.

	02-09-2005 00:22									#2
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Given that enough women use those things, it will indeed turn attempted rapes into severe violence cases. I don't really believe that rapists would have trouble beating up a woman.

	02-09-2005 00:27									#3
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	02-09-2005 00:28									#4
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It depends just how debilitating having a shafts of sharp barbs embedded in your penis is.

I know Im not much good for anything if I get flicked in the nut the wrong way, let alone this

	02-09-2005 00:28									#5
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it sounds like an appropriate defence to something as evil as rape...

but it really has to incapacitate the man so he cant wail away on the woman untill the whole original purpose is mute.

	02-09-2005 00:33									#6
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OTOH, if most women wear this, the potential rapists would think twice before attacking their targets. Especially if the result is highly debilitating.

	02-09-2005 00:34									#7
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Wait, what does the device do exactly, how does it work?

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How will it stop them just going for the back door first instead?

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Backdoor rape is a dumb idea. Much more chance of hurting yourself.

	02-09-2005 00:46									#10
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MY question is practical-- Can not this thing be removed reasonably easily if the rapist is aware of it?? If not, when does a woman put it in and how and when does she get it out ? Its not like a woman is expecting rape every day. If a woman goes out some night with the idea that she might want to have sex with someone, can she wear this? Is there any chance she could forget about it and thereby damage a consensual partner?

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Sounds as though it'd be easy to find.

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The barbs should have a nerve agent.

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I think it's a great idea, despite the fact that this could increase the number of oral and anal rapes rather than reduce rapings all together, just vaginal rapes. Well maybe it does reduce the total amount. But what ever helps, I think it's good. Rape is a hideous crime so I can't say this is stupid and dumb, it should be tried and see what happens.

However, the law states, at least in here, that the tools used in crime are to be handed over to the state.. I think that would be more effective weapon against rapists. Rape once, you won't rape again. At least not with your own tool. And maybe few hot shots will just forget aobut the whole idea when they know the peepee will be history.

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quote: Originally posted by Winston - It's a trap!!

quote: "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.

	02-09-2005 01:06									#15
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I once thought of this little explosive, that you would have, I mean a woman would have, very little, and when raping would happen, that little ball would travel fast into the man's penis, inside of it, and then the man would pull out because it would hurt a little, and the woman could just say 'in 2 minutes, your penis will explode to little pieces. I suggest you use those 2 minutes taking pictures of it and admiring it, now that you still have it. Fasten your seatbelts and don't mind me cheering for what is about to happen. Ta-ta!'

*kaboom*

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Also sounds like its effect will weaken once the erection goes down. I mean it has to adopt to one girth, no?

	02-09-2005 01:22									#19
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quote: Originally posted by Ecthy Also sounds like its effect will weaken once the erection goes down. I mean it has to adopt to one girth, no?

article says it can only be removed by surgery

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Surgery by fat, drunken blind BUTCHER! MUAHEHEAAHEAHE! And the blades are all rusty!

	02-09-2005 01:27									#21
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Maybe some males will actually like it. I sense a new fetish ahead.

	02-09-2005 01:35									#22
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quote: Originally posted by Ecthy Maybe some males will actually like it. I sense a new fetish ahead.

-from a German.

*laughs*

	02-09-2005 01:49									#23
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Something like this was dreamed up by Timothy Leary in a novel of his about 20 years ago. Except that Leary's version was much nastier and considerably less subtle.

Flubber is right though. There could be accidents, and worse.

	02-09-2005 01:50									#24
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What did Leary suggest? Probably something along the lines of all women taking LSD so that rape becomes an irrelevant claim.

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It would be cooler to have some sort of spike in the vagina that the woman would be able to control by flexing her pelvis and out comes a sharp needle with an effective tranqulizer.

So just when the rapist thinks he's hit the golden spot he gets his hardware mashed and lies drooling on the ground, and no humiliating penetration for the woman!

	02-09-2005 01:58									#26
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wtf?

	02-09-2005 02:00									#27
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yeah imagine that.. and of course tehre are no women out there to get some dude, just for fun, or for getting back at some person.. that woudl be perfect way to screw them up. Spike up your life!

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quote: Originally posted by Footie Mad It would be cooler to have some sort of spike in the vagina that the woman would be able to control by flexing her pelvis and out comes a sharp needle with an effective tranqulizer.

Not a good idea, since if you do it right, involuntary muscles spasms should result from sex.

As for RapeX, just use a dildo or a baton or soemthing to remove it before raping.

	02-09-2005 02:04									#29
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Yeah well that could be said for every weapon, maybe you could control the "reloading" via some government agency so people don't abuse it. Or install a microchip in it so you must file a report on why you used it and when.

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quote: Originally posted by chegitz guevara Not a good idea, since if you do it right, involuntary muscles spasms should result from sex. As for RapeX, just use a dildo or a baton or soemthing to remove it before raping.

You're probably right, I think it would be very hard to come up with some sort of "final defence" mechanism that wouldn't be easily bypassed or way to uncomfortable. Unfortunately.