In an endeavor to cut down on sexual molesters in South Africa, a country with one of the worst rape rates in the world, creator Dr. Sonnet Ehlers is giving away a female condom with jagged teeth called Rape-aXe. The doctor, who’s fed up after watching floods of rape victims pouring in, can be giving away thousands of the “condom with teeth” devices during the World Cup</p>
The rape problem in South Africa
Ten years ago, a survey done by CIET Africa, a non-governmental organization, revealed the surprising truth about sexual violence in South Africa. One in each and every three women questioned in the survey said they had been a victim of rape over the past year. BBC News reports that more than 50,000 cases of sexual crimes are reported to authorities each year. That figure, nevertheless, is only a fraction of the actual number of assaults against women.
Rape-aXe, the condom with teeth
. Inside the gadget are lined rows of jagged teeth-like hooks that latch on to a man’s penis during penetration. As outlined by Dr. Ehlers, only a doctor can remove it once the machine is tightly hooked on. She hopes it will help cut back the increasing number of sex culprits in the nation.
“It hurts, he cannot pee and walk when it’s on,” Ehlers said. “If he tries to remove it, it will clasp even tighter… however, it doesn’t break the skin, and there’s no danger of fluid exposure.”
Putting a stop to sex crimes
Dr. Sonnet Ehlers is preparing to distribute 30,000 of the female condoms with teeth — Rape-aXe — for free. Once the trial period is over, the latex machine could be sold for $ 2 apiece. Ehlers, who mothers two kids, said she visited a number of penitentiaries to speak with convicted rapists to discover out whether such a gadget would have made them rethink their actions. Several of them said it surely would have.
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