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Here it is, Rape-aXe: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9guyVVqHcYo It can be made for cheap and there is demand for it.

aneth4 14y ago
I had forgotten about these. Does seem like an interesting product, though I think they would discovered and removed by many potential rapists. I wonder if a girl who used one successfully could be charged with assault. That would be a sad irony.
jerf 14y ago
Mmm, I'd really rather use a solution that doesn't leave an enraged and otherwise healthy man able to beat you, possibly unto death, because you hurt his penis. Pepper spray incapacitates for long enough for you to leave. It was certainly an idea that got the doctor on the international news, but I'm skeptical that it's going to be effective in practice. (But if there is evidence that people can dig up that it is, I'm open to the idea; I mean that I am skeptical in the true sense of being open to evidence, not as a deceptive way of saying I'll never believe.)
rauljara 14y ago
While it's well meaning, that really doesn't sound like a solution. On the purely practical front: you will never get enough woman wear them. The most you could hope for is enough woman wearing them so that they have a deterrent effect on would-be rapists. But if enough people hear about them, and the rapists know to expect them, what's to stop the rapist from simply removing it? I would also expect that if the condom functioned as expected, it would mostly just serve to enrage the rapist and make it more likely for him to escalate the level of violence. On a more emotional level: the woman still gets raped. What's more, she has to ritually insert an object that only works if she does get raped. I can't imagine that being good for one's psyche. Which is not to say we shouldn't search for interesting solutions wherever we can find them. But I'm very skeptical that some gadget is going to solve this problem. Protesting and agitating for social change is probably the most effective route that's available right now. And these women are kind of amazing, though vigilanteism always raises tough questions: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/02/26/meet-the-woman-behind-indias-pink-vigilantes.html http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/02/26/meet-the-wo...
DanBC 14y ago
Men don't always use a penis for rape. Nor do they always use the vagina. I wouldn't want to risk bloodshed from a rapist. Risk of HIV infection is already high, but made much higher with blood around. Rape-aXe is an idea that's {at least a decade old} EDIT been around since at least 2005. There's a reason why it's not being produced nor sold.

I had forgotten about these. Does seem like an interesting product, though I think they would discovered and removed by many potential rapists. I wonder if a girl who used one successfully could be charged with assault. That would be a sad irony.

jerf 14y ago

Mmm, I'd really rather use a solution that doesn't leave an enraged and otherwise healthy man able to beat you, possibly unto death, because you hurt his penis. Pepper spray incapacitates for long enough for you to leave. It was certainly an idea that got the doctor on the international news, but I'm skeptical that it's going to be effective in practice. (But if there is evidence that people can dig up that it is, I'm open to the idea; I mean that I am skeptical in the true sense of being open to evidence, not as a deceptive way of saying I'll never believe.)

rauljara 14y ago

While it's well meaning, that really doesn't sound like a solution. On the purely practical front: you will never get enough woman wear them. The most you could hope for is enough woman wearing them so that they have a deterrent effect on would-be rapists. But if enough people hear about them, and the rapists know to expect them, what's to stop the rapist from simply removing it? I would also expect that if the condom functioned as expected, it would mostly just serve to enrage the rapist and make it more likely for him to escalate the level of violence. On a more emotional level: the woman still gets raped. What's more, she has to ritually insert an object that only works if she does get raped. I can't imagine that being good for one's psyche. Which is not to say we shouldn't search for interesting solutions wherever we can find them. But I'm very skeptical that some gadget is going to solve this problem. Protesting and agitating for social change is probably the most effective route that's available right now. And these women are kind of amazing, though vigilanteism always raises tough questions: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/02/26/meet-the-woman-behind-indias-pink-vigilantes.html http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/02/26/meet-the-wo...

DanBC 14y ago

Men don't always use a penis for rape. Nor do they always use the vagina. I wouldn't want to risk bloodshed from a rapist. Risk of HIV infection is already high, but made much higher with blood around. Rape-aXe is an idea that's {at least a decade old} EDIT been around since at least 2005. There's a reason why it's not being produced nor sold.