The condom “with teeth”, invented to combat rape attempts
A South African doctor invented the condom “with teeth” that can be used by women to combat the rape attempts.
Sonnet Ehlers was on call in a night, 40 years ago, when she attended the internment of a woman who had been raped. “She looked at me and said: “If I had teeth there …”. I promised that I will create something in a day to help women in this situation”, said Sonnet Ehlers.
40 years after the incident she released “Rape-axis” condom.
Ehlers distributes the condoms for free to women in South African cities hosting the football games at World Cup, 2010.
This new type of condom is made of latex and it can be fixed as a sanitary pad. The condom “Rape-axis” has streaks of rubber and is attached to male penis during penetration like hooks which mimics the shape of teeth.
Once attached, it can be removed only through surgery.
“It is painful, no aggressor will be able to urinate or walk as long as it is attached. If he tries to pull out, the condoms will tighten further”, said the author of the invention.
Sonnet Ehlers sold her house and her car to do this project and plans to distribute 30,000 free condoms during this World Cup in South Africa. In order to design this type of condom, she consulted with a team of engineers, psychologists and gynecologists.
Critics of this invention considers, however, that the new condom is not viable in the long-run and expose women to greater risks of being abused by men “trapped” in this device.
So far, human and women rights organizations engaged in various activities in South Africa, including Human Right Watch and Care International, have not presented their views on this invention.
South Africa has one of the highest rates of violence against women, including rapes, in the world, according to the website of Human Right Watch.
In most African countries, convictions handed down by courts in cases of rape are rare. Rape victims doesn’t have immediate access to medical care and DNA tests that could provide evidence against the perpetrators have prohibitive costs.
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Sooooo, now can we get a male condom that has teeth that will activate when it senses an std so women cant give us STDs snymore? Also, lets get the goldigger condom that the tip of the condom has a small amount or RU 486 and that stays in the womans body for 10 days afterwards!
I can see it coming! The wife who NEVER puts out because she is mad at her husband will “suddenly” want to make love to her husband and as a stunt to try and cry rape to keep the kids, she will insert this and this will ruin his manhood and his life because all she needs to do is prove that he had sex with her and it was unwanted! Guys, from this point forward, we have to stick our fingers inside our women and check to make sure they are not messing with us. This is actually going to cause more problems through practical jokes, and IF I ever come across one that was accidentally placed there, I will personally sue this woman for making such a disgusting piece of shit!
This is a great idea the only prob I see is it could make the rapist madder that the woman has used this and hurt him and it could turn violent or even deadly I personaly would be sacred to use it for the fact that I could get more hurt using it then to just accept the rape
It is a good idea.
I dont think it will necessarily make the criminal more violent, he was already very violent to even consider and carry out a rape.
He did not care how his actions would affect his victim – HIV/AIDS, STI Pregnancy, Psychological Trauma, Physical injury… – so in my opinion he deserves no consideration whatsoever.
I hope such devices will soon become widely available!