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First off: no. This is not a joke.
Rapex is a female condom that a woman wears inside her vagina like a tampon.
Inside it are rows of hooked barbs that stick into the flesh of a man's penis, causing excrutiating pain, and must be surgically removed.
Theoretically, this will force the rapist to seek immediate medical treatment, thus identifying himself as a rapist so that he can be apprehended by the authorities.
A prototype of this device was launched in 2005, and mass production was set to begin in April 2007. I do not have word as to whether production began on schedule, or was postponed due to widespread controversy over this product.
Detractor's arguments include the suggestion that the product is merely vindictive and punitive, and does not in any way serve as a prophylaxis or deterrent against rape, since attackers cannot tell beforehand whether a woman is wearing one (Rapex does, apparently, protect against sexually transmitted disease, functioning like an ordinary barrier contraceptive in this regard).
Concerns have also been raised that under certain circumstances, this product could be used as a weapon to seriously injure an innocent man.
The product was invented by Sonette Ehlers, who works for the South African Institute for Medical Research, and has counseled rape victims for the past twenty years.
Her inspiration for developing this product, apparently, was a rape victim Ehlers counseled, who lamented the fact that her vagina didn't have teeth.
So, what do you think about this?
Good idea or bad idea?
Bad idea in the US, good idea in third-world countries, where rape is a commonplace and socially-accepted occurrence and where women have no official recourse?
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Rapex is a female condom that a woman wears inside her vagina like a tampon.
Inside it are rows of hooked barbs that stick into the flesh of a man's penis, causing excrutiating pain, and must be surgically removed.
Theoretically, this will force the rapist to seek immediate medical treatment, thus identifying himself as a rapist so that he can be apprehended by the authorities.
A prototype of this device was launched in 2005, and mass production was set to begin in April 2007. I do not have word as to whether production began on schedule, or was postponed due to widespread controversy over this product.
Detractor's arguments include the suggestion that the product is merely vindictive and punitive, and does not in any way serve as a prophylaxis or deterrent against rape, since attackers cannot tell beforehand whether a woman is wearing one (Rapex does, apparently, protect against sexually transmitted disease, functioning like an ordinary barrier contraceptive in this regard).
Concerns have also been raised that under certain circumstances, this product could be used as a weapon to seriously injure an innocent man.
The product was invented by Sonette Ehlers, who works for the South African Institute for Medical Research, and has counseled rape victims for the past twenty years.
Her inspiration for developing this product, apparently, was a rape victim Ehlers counseled, who lamented the fact that her vagina didn't have teeth.
So, what do you think about this?
Good idea or bad idea?
Bad idea in the US, good idea in third-world countries, where rape is a commonplace and socially-accepted occurrence and where women have no official recourse?
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