Anti Rape Devices

JaneyMc

I was discussing this with a friend last night, and she couldn't believe what was available to buy on the net to prevent rape. What are your opinion's on anti rape devices?

Rapex, anti rape condom

It's around a few years, and was developed and launched in South Africa in response to the high rate/risk of rape.
It's inserted like a tampon with an applicator and can't be seen. There are a lot of critisism on this one, a lot of people seem to think it's barbaric.

The device, is a latex sheath embedded with shafts of sharp, inward-facing barbs that would be worn by a woman. If an attacker were to attempt vaginal rape, his penis would enter the latex sheath and be snagged by the barbs, causing the attacker excruciating pain during withdrawal and (ideally) giving the victim time to escape. The condom would remain attached to the attacker's body when he withdrew and could only be removed surgically, which would alert hospital staff and police. This device could assist in the identification and prosecution of rapists. Like most condoms, Rape-aXe also usually prevents pregnancy and the transmission of HIV and sexually transmitted diseases.

I'm not sure it would work here and I probably wouldn't wear one. But in places with a high risk of rape I condone it.

I can see there being many issues with it, I think there would be women who would use it as a weapon. There are women crazy enough out there who would cry rape with this device on after consenting to sex for whatever sick reason.
There is also the risk of forgetting you have it in, and then having consensual sex....

I think if I had to I would be more likely to go with the No Contact Jacket rather than the anti rape condom.

The No-Contact Jacket is a wearable defensive jacket created to aid women in their struggle for protection from violence. When activated
by the wearer, 80,000 volts of low amperage electric current pulses just below the surface shell of the entire jacket. This exo-electric
armor prevents any person from unauthorized contact with the wearer's body. If an assailant were to grab hold of the wearer the high
voltage exterior would interrupt their neurological impulses which control voluntary muscle movement. The neuromuscular
system would be overwhelmed causing disorientation and loss of balance to occur and of course pain. The pain experienced is non-lethal
but is enough to effectively and immediately deter contact with the wearer and provide a critical life saving oppurtunity for escape.

I think it's a lot more effective, but unlike the rapex condom, it wouldn't help identify your attacker.

Do people think that devices like that are a modern way for women to stay safe or barbaric?

bambera

Think id stick with the old hammer in the handbag method.

High-heeled shoes make for a good defence method too

Hogzy

Just to say first im a guy and i detest the thought of rape upon any man woman or child.

But to be honest i could never see a product like that becoming legal here, Apart from the benefit it serves it could be seen as a huge danger to be kept around the house... Its an accident waiting to happen but some women forget about tampons inside them so couldnt a woman forget about this being inside them...
If a man ended up having consensual sex with that woman and *SNAP*... There is a HUGE personal injury through negligence law suit to be had!!!

That jacket seems like a good idea though!
Wouldnt want to wear it if its raining though:P

JC 2K3

Rapex could give rise to some interesting court cases. Whether or not the woman consented would be the difference between a rape charge against the guy, or a negligence, a grievous bodily harm, or perhaps even a sexual assault charge against the woman.

Hogzy

JC 2K3 wrote: »

Rapex could give rise to some interesting court cases. Whether or not the woman consented would be the difference between a rape charge against the guy, or a negligence, a grievous bodily harm, or perhaps even a sexual assault charge against the woman.

And seeing as rape is so hard to prove i bet the majority of cases would end up in the person who was raped being found guilty of inflicting GBH!
I know its sh!t but thats how it goes!

allabouteve

I'm depressed that theres a need for these sorts of devices tbh.:(

Nevyn

The device was designed for and is sold in countries on the african content where most women will be raped at least once in thier life time if not more depending on how war torn
the area is and it's just not just women it's girls as young as 8 as well.

http://www.rapestop.net/faq/index.asp

http://www.antirape.co.za/index.htm

omyatari

allabouteve wrote: »

I'm depressed that theres a need for these sorts of devices tbh.:(

I agree, but it is the way it is tho and as has been said here before som countries are so bad regarding this a woman will expierence this at least once in her life. so something indeed must be done or invented,

at itself not a bad idea (either of them) but as Hogzy said, negligance can be painfull for loving fellas willies. ^^

Puddleduck

I think the rapex condom is a good idea for places where rape is so so common and women are extremely vunerable, then again at the same time it would be better if actual penetration didnt occur, even for that second, so Id say the coat would be a better idea. Realisticly though how many of these women could afford these things?

*Roisin*

But would you not be afraid that things like Rapex would cause an attacker to become more infuriated and more likely to harm the victim, or even lash out in pain? That'd be one of the main reasons that I'd stay away from it. I know it says that if the attacker were to recoil in pain it would give the woman a chance to escape, but that may not happen, especially in a confined or restricted space.

JC 2K3

Also, if it became commonplace, I doubt it'd be a deterrent to rape, but a mere inconvenience. I mean, I doubt it'd be that hard for a determined rapist to check if she was wearing one, and if so, remove it.....

Dudess

Thaedydal wrote: »

The device was designed for and is sold in countries on the african content where most women will be raped at least once in thier life time if not more depending on how war torn the area is and it's just not just women it's girls as young as 8 as well.

If a woman/girl used an anti-rape device on a mercenary in Darfur, she could probably expect a very painful, slow death... and her family could too.

Dragan

Dudess wrote: »

If a woman/girl used an anti-rape device on a mercenary in Darfur, she could probably expect a very painful, slow death... and her family could too.

Indeed. It's hard to escape when you have nowhere to escape to.

pug_

I think cost could be a big problem if the rapex is to be used in countries where there is a high probability of rape.

Just a thought, but what happens to the man when he looses his erection and it's stuck in that thing. ouchies.

Terodil

pug_ wrote: »

Just a thought, but what happens to the man when he looses his erection and it's stuck in that thing. ouchies.

I thought that was the entire point of it.

But yeah, I think it's a terrible idea to a very important problem. Sadly it raises a lot more questions than it solves (what if it gets forgotten and ends up hurting the bf/husband / what if it gets abused by the woman / won't it simply be removed by a rapist / will it not cause even worse consequences for the rape victim / ...).

Piste

To be honest there are two holes, both very near eachother, if wearing the anti-rape condom became commonplace we'd just end up seeing an increase in anal rape which I'd image would be far, far worse.

mahamageehad

Very true. Which would be incredibly traumatic for the victim, even worse than "normal" rape. What if said victim is being tied down/locked in a room/being gang raped. I think this Rapex thing would create more problems than it would solve.

Lab_Mouse

just of curiosity but has there been any feed back from its use in africa?

PeakOutput

the sad thing is the need for these things

a rapist deserves what they get

on the other hand i have no doubt there are women out there who would abuse it if it became commonplace


also having looked at the websites these products seem to be the ideas of creative inventors and are not and probably never will be marketted by big companies and therefore they will not become commonplace. the only advertising iv seen is people talking about them online and a few tabloid articles

MJOR

absolutely shocking that this is what we've come to