http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=qw1125413643318B261

All I wonder is how does it prevent the guy from bleeding and spreading disease...

hahaha omg i love it! that's what those guys get! lmao! CLAMP

A friend of mine thought of an anti-rape device a few years ago. It would be a razor-wire pubic wig, lined of course.

LMAO oh goodness, I love it! Completely what they deserve - but it must be uncomfortable...

well then isn't that something. haha

Funky.

I don't know... I worry that it could backfire. It might infuriate the rapist and encourage him to inflict further violence on his victim.

What happens if she forgets to take it off during a date?

A lawsuit

Pretty much what sugarless and Wuss said.

Some women out there think there is nothing worst than rape...In fact most do.

If you had some mechanic contraption chomping on your dick, I doubt you'd be loooking to beat up some screaming, running lady.

heh, suckers :p

We shall refrain from using the word "dick" in favor of the more humorous term "Pee Wee"

Wee Wee or Pee Pee are funnier.

Pfft...some pissed off girlfriend will get one of those things, then jump all over you saying **** me **** me...and boom...she gets her little revenge.

Bad idea. I would be afraid to get on chicks if I thought they might have one of those.

I read that as "Mechanic Contraception"

That worry, frankly, is a small price to pay, if it means less rape for women around the world. I'd go so far as to say that you shouldn't have that sort of mentality, but I realize that people have differing perceptions on sex.

Sorry but that guy didn't invent nothing.. I watched an episode on the History Channel years ago about how they had very similar devices a long time ago.

Ok.

Acute fear of vagina dentate anyone?

Thats pretty old.

This doesn't address the actual problem of rape in that it is near to impossible to prove that sex wasn't consensual.

If this device also had a camera or a microphone, it might be more useful.

O-U-C-H!

it's called a chastity belt, with out the belt. this idea isn't really new >_>

*snickers*


...come to think of it...its probably rather uncomfortable to wear - However I imagine its even more uncomfortable to be "attacked" by...

/me watches the anal rape incidents increase

This brings a new meaning to the term "man-eater."

[QUOTE=Mr. Stafford]/me watches the anal rape incidents increase[/QUOTE]

Yes or maybe they'll create an anti rape device for that area too..

They already did.

It's called "Mexican Food."

I don't actually see the logic behind this device at all.


A woman who considers herself at risk of rape is presumably either in an abusive relationship, or actually in the process of being attacked. For the former, the problem is not how to catch/identify the rapist, it's convincing the woman to go through the terrifying and demeaning process of reporting and attempting to prosecute the rape. If she has been scared into silence by an abusive partner, she is unlikely to suddenly get the courage to use this device, for fear of retribution.

In the case of a one-off attack by someone she doesn't know/doesn't feel threatened by, I don't see where the opportunity to use it arises.

On a similar note, for anyone able to get to London (not many of you, I realise!), there is a Reclaim The Night March in central London next Friday (25/11/05). The march is women only, but there will be a mixed rally and party afterwards at the University of London Union in Malet Street. Andy, if you do read this, drop me an email at maevie at gmail and I'll email you the flyer, I'd really appreciate it if you could leave some around at uni.

No, but see, men are pigs, and thus it's safe to assume any man who enters a hospital with one of these needing to be removed is indeed a rapist. Duh.

Actually, the reason most rapes go unpunished is because they are never reported to police, or they are reported too late for there to be any physical evidence.

Just going to throw this out there, but it seems to me that this device was made in a region where the common associate-rape isn't the bulk of rapes as it tends to be in the west, but rather, nonassociate-rapes are far more frequent. So, just perhaps, being a woman in that region is reason enough to feel at risk.

The rapist is going to have one painfull day after he tries to rape someone

Having a set of teeth stuck onto your crotch and it needing to be surgically removed is kinda... well... ouch....

Wonder if it would eat it off lol

I really hope a woman never accidentally leaves something like that in. *shudders*

A scary thought. But then, what is the likelyhood that in such a repressive society this device could become publicised enough to be readily available to women?

what's the possibility of a woman accidentally getting the thing stuck to her while she's trying to insert it, I wonder...

I just spoke to my mum about this (receiving her MBE on Wednesday for "services performed for women and children" in the areas of domestic violence, rape, prostitution etc).

It's a combination of all these things, obviously. Firstly there's the incredibly low percentage that get reported (police estimate something like a 10-20% reportage rate), along with the difficulty in proving consent, but also there is a huge problem with the attitude of the justice system and the definition of rape. The scenario people think of with a girl being forced into a dark alley by some stranger only accounts for a fraction of rapes.

In the case of domestic violence, police often will approach the case with scepticism, and therefore not gather all the evidence necessary. There is still an attitude that what goes on behind closed doors is somehow nobody else's business, which is just crap.

And when it comes to actually prosecuting, the defense's case will pretty much revolve around making the victim look as bad as possible. Short skirt, drinking, enjoying someone's company are apparently all invitations for sexual assault.

During the entire process, the victim will be told that it's probably not worth the trauma to prosecute. And considering we're currently at a conviction rate of 5.6%, it's sadly often true.