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New anti-rape female condom, Rape-axe, debuts at South Africa's World Cup

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A South African doctor has developed a new female condom that she hopes will combat rape in the most painful way possible.

Dr. Sonnet Ehlers has invented Rape-axe, a female device with jagged hooks that latch onto a man's penis during penetration.

The doctor is distributing 30,000 of these condoms in South Africa during this year's World Cup.

"It hurts," Ehlers told CNN. "He cannot pee and walk when it's on. If he tries to remove it, it will clasp even tighter."

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South Africa has one of the highest rape rates in the world, according to Human Rights Watch. It is also believed that 16 percent of the population is living with HIV.

Rape-axe is inserted like a tampon and when embedded to a man the device can only be removed by a doctor.

Some have accused Ehler of creating nothing more than a new-age chastity belt.

"It not only presents the victim with a false sense of security, but psychological trauma," said Victoria Kajja, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Uganda.

But Ehlers said that she had taken the proper research and development steps before launching the product.

"I consulted engineers, gynecologists and psychologists to help in the design and make sure it was safe," she said.

Ehlers also pointed out how women take extreme measures such as placing razor blades in their nether regions to prevent rape in South Africa.

"I believe something's got to be done," she said. "This will make some men rethink before they assault a woman."

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I doubt many women would even like to put that thing anywhere near their nether regions..its like your anticipating being raped..i dont know because im not a woman but i certainly dont plan for being raped everytime i go out on the streets..

maybe a couple of people will use them, and if it makes them feel safer then good for them, but i bet its a tiny %..i think its more practical to carry pepper spray or something, you feel safer for having it but its not a small procedure for admisitering it either.

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I doubt many women would even like to put that thing anywhere near their nether regions..its like your anticipating being raped..i dont know because im not a woman but i certainly dont plan for being raped everytime i go out on the streets..

maybe a couple of people will use them, and if it makes them feel safer then good for them, but i bet its a tiny %..i think its more practical to carry pepper spray or something, you feel safer for having it but its not a small procedure for admisitering it either.

Do you live in South Africa?

They are on sale in America now if anyone wants them btw, 2 dollars 8)

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New anti-rape female condom, Rape-axe, debuts at South Africa's World Cup

alg_anti-rape_condom.jpg

A South African doctor has developed a new female condom that she hopes will combat rape in the most painful way possible.

Dr. Sonnet Ehlers has invented Rape-axe, a female device with jagged hooks that latch onto a man's penis during penetration.

The doctor is distributing 30,000 of these condoms in South Africa during this year's World Cup.

"It hurts," Ehlers told CNN. "He cannot pee and walk when it's on. If he tries to remove it, it will clasp even tighter."

amd_anti-rape_condom.jpg

South Africa has one of the highest rape rates in the world, according to Human Rights Watch. It is also believed that 16 percent of the population is living with HIV.

Rape-axe is inserted like a tampon and when embedded to a man the device can only be removed by a doctor.

Some have accused Ehler of creating nothing more than a new-age chastity belt.

"It not only presents the victim with a false sense of security, but psychological trauma," said Victoria Kajja, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Uganda.

But Ehlers said that she had taken the proper research and development steps before launching the product.

"I consulted engineers, gynecologists and psychologists to help in the design and make sure it was safe," she said.

Ehlers also pointed out how women take extreme measures such as placing razor blades in their nether regions to prevent rape in South Africa.

"I believe something's got to be done," she said. "This will make some men rethink before they assault a woman."

I'm sure it will make any man who does fall foul of one decide to strangle and kill the woman who used it in a fit of rage too. Either that, or he will just put a couple of fingers up there first to see if she if she is wearing a loaded mousetrap.

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Meh, it wont help, nothing can really be done about rape apart from educating people.

If a man wants to rape a woman, more often than not he will. Men are bigger and stronger, it's just the way it is. You just gota tell them not too and punish them if they don't listen.

It's horrible but all this stuff is in vain.

It'll be a very, very long time before Africa is a lovely civilised place (if it ever does), and it'll be a long and arduous process. Just look at Europe, we are just about civilised and it took wars, opression and constant suffering to get there. And there are still rapes going on.

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Meh, it wont help, nothing can really be done about rape apart from educating people.

Especially when the majority of the poor believe that you can cure yourself of AIDS by sleeping with a virgin :facepalm;

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