The Controversy of Anti-Rape Devices

The high rates of rape in Africa has inspired deadly anti-rape devices, one of the earliest form of an anti-rape device is the chastity belt from the 15th century. Anti-rape devices can be a wonderful thing to protect the wearer, but there has been lots of criticism towards the public sale of the device. It is believed by some, to be a cruel method, and that it could do more harm than good by enraging the attacker and further jeopardizing the victim.

Here are some moderns ones:

Rape-aXe: Invented by a South African Woman, Sonnet Ehlers. It is a latex sheath embedded with shafts of sharp barbs, worn inside the women. When the attacker attempts the rape and his penis touches the device, it would get snagged and he would be in pain. It could only be removed surgically, which would alert the authorities that he attempted a rape.

Jaap Haumann: A tampon like device invented by a South African Man named Jaap Haumann, it has a tensioned spring blade that will slice the tip of the attacker’s’s penis.

Imagine: How would our society change, if these devices were sold in drugstores? Would the world be a safer place? Is it guaranteed that each buyer would only buy it maturely for its purpose, and not as a joke on a guy during intercourse?