Rapex - The Anti-Rape Condom

Rebadow · #1 29th-July-2006

Thought this might be of interest. Never heard about it before.

Rapex (homepage)

Quote:

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."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9145415/

Marx · #2 29th-July-2006

Ahuh, i recall a huge uproar about this device when it was first conceived. A lot pondered whether it was a hoax or not, but here it is in the flesh - no pun intended.

christianj · #3 30th-July-2006

I have also heard about it and one of the posters suggested that to overcome this barbaric invention (by a women ofcourse) would be to insert the female's finger into the trap and ensure maximum pain.

Brilliant invention, goes up there with the remote shoes and u-boat lights.

Yan Yan · #4 30th-July-2006

I just loved the pic lg. I'm circulating it among the ex-pats - just to revive some old jokes. Nobody forgets the Spanish Inquisition!!

Even more useful was the portrait of the inventor who needs a rape-prevention device like a fish needs a bicycle..... but perhaps it's different in South Africa. I wouldn't know.

Marx · #5 30th-July-2006

According to the BBC, SA is considered the rape capital of the world.

The Phantom · #6 1st-August-2006

Surely the problems with this are that all a real rapist would need to do is remove it before doing anything else, and it could easily be abused by a woman who wanted to take revenge on her boyfriend or husband (who wouldn't expect it to be there).

Fidelbogen · #7 1st-August-2006

The thing is evil. BAD!! Good for nothing. There is nothing good to say
about it. If it actually starts getting marketed, it will raise one hell of a shitstorm....

"Professional" rapists will catch on to it quickly.(No pun intended!)

PLENTY of innocent men will get hurt by it one way or another.

It will be interesting to hear what the feminist establishment says about
it.

Marx · #8 1st-August-2006

There ya go, I knew I'd seen a good while ago...

my bad - wrong one...

Major Tom · #9 1st-August-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fidelbogen

The thing is evil. BAD!! Good for nothing. There is nothing good to say
about it. If it actually starts getting marketed, it will raise one hell of a shitstorm....

"Professional" rapists will catch on to it quickly.(No pun intended!)

PLENTY of innocent men will get hurt by it one way or another.

It will be interesting to hear what the feminist establishment says about
it.

Yep, I predict we will soon be reading stories of women who have used this on their boyfriends/husbands as revenge.

Marx · #10 1st-August-2006

it will still be looked upon as 'he said/she said' though. In fact, as this device was borne out of a will to not only deter, but to prove a man attempted rape, the sway will almost definately be on her side. Hence, men will soon need to be recording consent and agreement on their phones, pda's, whatever technology they may have at that moment.

Fidelbogen · #11 1st-August-2006

This will have an enormous chilling effect on man-woman relations. It will
cast a long, icy shadow! And again, a lot of innocent men will suffer.

And not just innocent men, but "innocence" in the larger sense......

The world will become a more unfriendly place all around.

And yes, it will STILL be a question of "he said/she said", since there is
STILL no way that "she" can definitively prove that "he" raped her.

Let's hope that this goes hideously awry, and that a few well-publicized
lawsuits follow.....

And I still want to hear what the feminist pundits have to say on this,
especially as time goes by. ANYTHING they choose to say (including
silence) will be politically dicey for them....!