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Gruesome way of reducing Africa's rape epidemic

8 points by L1AD 14y ago

macavity23 14y ago
This is a terrible idea. Does the inventor suppose the rapist is going to let the woman go after she's just maimed him with this thing? Rape is awful. Murder is worse. (Although it's odd to see this after just reading about the Snow Crash film adaptation - 'dentata', anyone?)
- danielhunt 14y ago
  Trying to think about it rationally, I can't see the rapist being overly concerned with what happens to the woman, while his penis is trapped in that contraption. That said, after he gets out of hospital, and is recovered, I can imagine all kinds of horrible things being done in revenge :(
  - bradleyland 14y ago
    That's not a safe assumption (rationally). People often falsely assume that pulling a gun in a confrontation will intimidate the other party. It does not, but instead escalates the scenario beyond recovery.
    - danielhunt 14y ago
      I've heard/read about that (drawing a gun) before alright, but find it genuinely difficult to equate it to getting my penis stuck in one of these contraptions. I really don't think that, if in this situation, I'd be too concerned about what happens to the woman in question - I would absolutely be thinking about how on earth do I get out of this thing ASSOONASPOSSIBLE without inflicting any lasting damage.
- johncoltrane 14y ago
  Upvoted. (OT) Talking about dentata, Teeth(1) is a very weird and surprisingly deep movie. [1] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780622/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780622/
nosse 14y ago
This is old news: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1456632 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1456632
markessien 14y ago
There is no "rape epidemic" in Africa. Not according to the U.N statistics anyways: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_statistics#UN_Statistics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_statistics#UN_Statistics You should be a bit clearer that you are talking about South Africa and perhaps Congo, and you should also differentiate between reported rapes and extrapolations from small survey samples.
gte910h 14y ago
I think that's a horrible invention pretty much designed to infect women with HIV

8 points by L1AD 14y ago

This is a terrible idea. Does the inventor suppose the rapist is going to let the woman go after she's just maimed him with this thing? Rape is awful. Murder is worse. (Although it's odd to see this after just reading about the Snow Crash film adaptation - 'dentata', anyone?)

danielhunt 14y ago
Trying to think about it rationally, I can't see the rapist being overly concerned with what happens to the woman, while his penis is trapped in that contraption. That said, after he gets out of hospital, and is recovered, I can imagine all kinds of horrible things being done in revenge :(
- bradleyland 14y ago
  That's not a safe assumption (rationally). People often falsely assume that pulling a gun in a confrontation will intimidate the other party. It does not, but instead escalates the scenario beyond recovery.
  - danielhunt 14y ago
    I've heard/read about that (drawing a gun) before alright, but find it genuinely difficult to equate it to getting my penis stuck in one of these contraptions. I really don't think that, if in this situation, I'd be too concerned about what happens to the woman in question - I would absolutely be thinking about how on earth do I get out of this thing ASSOONASPOSSIBLE without inflicting any lasting damage.
johncoltrane 14y ago
Upvoted. (OT) Talking about dentata, Teeth(1) is a very weird and surprisingly deep movie. [1] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780622/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780622/

nosse 14y ago

This is old news: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1456632 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1456632

markessien 14y ago

There is no "rape epidemic" in Africa. Not according to the U.N statistics anyways: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_statistics#UN_Statistics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_statistics#UN_Statistics You should be a bit clearer that you are talking about South Africa and perhaps Congo, and you should also differentiate between reported rapes and extrapolations from small survey samples.

gte910h 14y ago

I think that's a horrible invention pretty much designed to infect women with HIV