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September 01, 2005

Another Victory for Women's Rights and the Free Market!

There is a report from South Africa that Rapex brand femine protection is now on the market. It seems that unwanted sexual advances up to and including forcible rape is a seriously problem in SA so the market has now produced this:

Women wishing to ward off sexual assailants can look forward to a new form of protection: the Rapex condom. The anti-rape device, created by South African inventor Sonette Ehlers, is made of latex and is held firm by shafts of sharp barbs. The condom is inserted into a woman's vagina like a tampon; during penetration, the condom's burr-like teeth clamp down on the tip of the rapist's erect penis. To remove the device, the man must undergo surgery, which will alert hospital staff (and probably the police). "Nothing has ever been done to help a woman so she does not get raped and I thought it was high time," said Ehlers. Critics caution the device could possibly escalate violent sexual assaults, and some lambaste the Rapex for being too barbaric."

Uh,...like being raped isn't violent or barbaric as well, eh critics? Another victory for human ingenuity as expressed through the free market.

Posted by Ali Massoud at September 1, 2005 10:54 AM

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