Anti-rape device

==== Rape-aXe ====

==== Rape-aXe ====

An anti-rape female condom using a different design was invented by [[Sonette Ehlers]], a South African doctor.{{Cite web |title=South African doctor invents female condoms with 'teeth' to fight rape - CNN.com |url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/06/20/south.africa.female.condom/index.html |access-date=2024-04-11 |website=www.cnn.com |language=en |archive-date=2024-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822181620/http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/06/20/south.africa.female.condom/index.html |url-status=live }} Ehlers was motivated to create it while working as a blood technician with the South African Blood Transfusion Service, during which time she met many rape victims. Ehlers mentioned that she was inspired to create RAPEX (later renamed to Rape-aXe) when a patient who had been raped stated, "If only I had teeth down there,"{{Cite news|last=Dixon|first=Robyn|author-link=Robyn Dixon (journalist)|date=2005-09-02|title=Controversy in South Africa over device to snare rapists|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]/[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/controversy-in-south-africa-over-device-to-snare-rapists/2005/09/01/1125302683893.html?oneclick=true|url-status=live|access-date=2007-08-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701072344/http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/controversy-in-south-africa-over-device-to-snare-rapists/2005/09/01/1125302683893.html?oneclick=true|archive-date=1 July 2007}} suggesting the myth of the [[vagina dentata]]. Initially called RapeX, the name was changed in 2006 upon discovering that RAPEX is also an EU warning system against [[dangerous goods]] on the market.

An anti-rape female condom using a different design was invented by {{Wikidata fallback link|Q12746973}}, a South African doctor.{{Cite web |title=South African doctor invents female condoms with 'teeth' to fight rape - CNN.com |url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/06/20/south.africa.female.condom/index.html |access-date=2024-04-11 |website=www.cnn.com |language=en |archive-date=2024-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822181620/http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/06/20/south.africa.female.condom/index.html |url-status=live }} Ehlers was motivated to create it while working as a blood technician with the South African Blood Transfusion Service, during which time she met many rape victims. Ehlers mentioned that she was inspired to create RAPEX (later renamed to Rape-aXe) when a patient who had been raped stated, "If only I had teeth down there,"{{Cite news|last=Dixon|first=Robyn|author-link=Robyn Dixon (journalist)|date=2005-09-02|title=Controversy in South Africa over device to snare rapists|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]/[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/controversy-in-south-africa-over-device-to-snare-rapists/2005/09/01/1125302683893.html?oneclick=true|url-status=live|access-date=2007-08-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701072344/http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/controversy-in-south-africa-over-device-to-snare-rapists/2005/09/01/1125302683893.html?oneclick=true|archive-date=1 July 2007}} suggesting the myth of the [[vagina dentata]]. Initially called RapeX, the name was changed in 2006 upon discovering that RAPEX is also an EU warning system against [[dangerous goods]] on the market.

The Rape-aXe is a [[latex]] [[Condom|sheath]] embedded with shafts of sharp, inward-facing [[wikt:barb|barb]]s that would be worn by a woman in her [[vagina]] like a [[female condom]]. If an attacker were to attempt vaginal rape, his penis would enter the latex sheath and be snagged by the barbs, causing the attacker excruciating pain during withdrawal and giving the victim time to escape. The condom would remain attached to the attacker's body when he withdrew and could only be removed [[surgery|surgically]],{{Cite news| title = It's time to fight back| work = Welcome to the official home of Rape-aXe| access-date = 2010-03-08| date = 2006| url = http://www.antirape.co.za/| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100417234614/http://www.antirape.co.za/| archive-date= 17 April 2010 | url-status= live}} which would alert hospital staff and police. Like most condoms, Rape-aXe also usually prevents pregnancy and the transmission of HIV and sexually transmitted infections.

The Rape-aXe is a [[latex]] [[Condom|sheath]] embedded with shafts of sharp, inward-facing [[wikt:barb|barb]]s that would be worn by a woman in her [[vagina]] like a [[female condom]]. If an attacker were to attempt vaginal rape, his penis would enter the latex sheath and be snagged by the barbs, causing the attacker excruciating pain during withdrawal and giving the victim time to escape. The condom would remain attached to the attacker's body when he withdrew and could only be removed [[surgery|surgically]],{{Cite news| title = It's time to fight back| work = Welcome to the official home of Rape-aXe| access-date = 2010-03-08| date = 2006| url = http://www.antirape.co.za/| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100417234614/http://www.antirape.co.za/| archive-date= 17 April 2010 | url-status= live}} which would alert hospital staff and police. Like most condoms, Rape-aXe also usually prevents pregnancy and the transmission of HIV and sexually transmitted infections.