A very interesting news item from News:
"A South African inventor unveiled a new anti- female condom that hooks onto an attacker's penis and aims to cut one of the highest rates of sexual assault in the world."
Please read the whole article here:
Do you guys think that the critics are right is saying that the "rapex" condom could escalate violence against women as it may enrage the attacker further?
Or do you think it's about time such a thing was invented?
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Gor blimey, that'd make yer feckin eyes water ..................... good on her, shame it doesn't cut the fecking thing off at the same time.
as for your question, it could be said that it would enrage an attacker, on the other hand the shock might just give the woman enough time to escape.
Be my luck to get pissed, get lucky, and forget the thing was there. Not so lucky, eh?
Well it is an interesting self defence device, end of the day if a guy is someone he deserves all he gets in my opinion. However I think the comment about needing surgical removal may be a little ott. It is made of latex, not armour. Sure the attacker could remove it with it is not locked in, a careful would simply check first and remove it.
As for enraging the attacker, I would fight tooth and nail anyway. Even if you do everything you are asked you may find this is a nutter who will kill you afterwards. Give the bastards hell and make them go somewhere else. Ok that is a male perspective, and easy to say when you 6ft 5 and do martial arts for a hobby, but it is your body and you should be able to defend it. The surprise alone may be enough for you to get away. If a kick in the balls is enough to stop most blokes, shoving spikes right down their willy as they pull out should certainly be a distraction, enough to run for it anyway.
i personally would not trust to have one of these devices inside me, things do go wrong.
it will be intresting to see if any men come forward to act as guinnie pigs for the human man/woman trials. lol
another point , (although there are hundreds more,) if these products are in use,how long would it be before the becomes the victim and sues for damages????
oh and will it just be that rapists start to insert a impliment frist, likely to cause more internal damage to check out if a person is wearing one of these??
ill stop now b4 i go on and on
xx fem x
It will probably turn out that it will act as more of a deterrant to potential rapists who now decide not to because the idea of a hook in their penis does not quite do it for them!!
IMHO a good idea in theory, but think that it will enrage a further, the victim may not get away with his/her life.
If you were that sick as to someone, I dont think you would think twice about lashing out it you were hurt.
that would happen wouldn't it, i honestly really could see men doing that
Agree with you NN it would happen in this day and age, the time of no win no fee
ooops, didn't know sorry all for forcing you to see it!!
Hope you all weren't too mortified.
Thanks for the heads up mate
Jambo
this idea doesn't take into account what may happen if the victim was attacked by more than one man. Whilst seeing one of their mates in agony, I can see some of the others taking revenge on the victim on behalf of the .
having said that though, is escalating at wild rate in Africa and I at least agree with any efforts they are making to prevent it
Guys, i know your posting with the best intentions but this maybe becoming a little upsetting for some on here . Lets think about whats being said hey.
Thanks guys,
Dino.
Many rapes are caused by people known to the victim. Either date rapes, people you work with or even your own husband/boyfriend. In these circumstances, this device wouldn’t be of any use because you wouldn’t be expecting anything untoward to happen (if you did feel suspicious enough to put that device up you, surely you wouldn’t be alone with that person?) So, the main reason for using it would probably be in the stranger situations but they can happen at anytime (mid-day in car parks for example) does that mean that women are expected to have that inside all day?
I know that in some part of Africa, is rife. I have friends in Zimbabwe who wont leave their 12 year old daughter alone because there is an old wives tale (well, probably some old bloke tale) that says that if you a virgin it will cure HIV! However, I think that this devise may increase the violence against women because the reaction to having that stuck on a guy would probably be a fist. It looks to me as if this is some kind of stunt anyway.
The best defence against is knowledge about safety (for example, being careful about being drunk in public). Sadly though, it is something that many women (and some men) will experience. Maybe if the punishments for fitted the crimes more aptly, there would be a stronger deterrence, but most rapists are well aware that statistically they will get away with it.