The Rape-aXe
South African Dr. Sonnet Ehlers was on call one night four decades ago when a devastated rape victim walked in. Her eyes were lifeless; she was like a breathing corpse.
"She looked at me and said, 'If only I had teeth down there,'" recalled Ehlers, who was a 20-year-old medical researcher at the time. "I promised her I'd do something to help people like her one day."
Forty years later, Rape-aXe was born.
Ehlers is distributing the female condoms in the various South African cities where the World Cup soccer games were taking place.
The woman inserts the latex condom like a tampon. Jagged rows of teeth-like hooks line its inside and attach on a man's penis during penetration, Ehlers said.
Once it lodges, only a doctor can remove it -- a procedure Ehlers hopes will be done with authorities on standby to make an arrest.
"It hurts, he cannot pee and walk when it's on," she 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."
Ehlers said she sold her house and car to launch the project, and she planned to distribute 30,000 free devices under supervision during the World Cup period.
"I consulted engineers, gynecologists and psychologists to help in the design and make sure it was safe," she said.
After the trial period, they'll be available for about $2 a piece. She hopes the women will report back to her.
"The ideal situation would be for a woman to wear this when she's going out on some kind of blind date ... or to an area she's not comfortable with," she said.
The mother of two daughters said she visited prisons and talked to convicted rapists to find out whether such a device would have made them rethink their actions.
什么是砍强暴避孕套?
“砍强暴”(Rape-aXe)避孕套是一种女性用保险套。它能让性强暴者受到一定的伤害，只有医生才能取下。
砍强暴避孕套 发明
砍强暴避孕套是由南非女医师艾勒丝(Sonnet Ehlers)利用40年时间发明而成，为了研发这种女性保险套，她卖掉了自己的房子和汽车。她准备在世足赛期间，免费发放3万个这种保险套。
砍强暴避孕套 女性使用
女性安装这种像棉棒的乳胶避孕套，中空的内层有像锯齿排列的钩状条纹，足以在遭到性侵时对入侵的男性生殖器造成伤害。一旦男人生殖器被套进这种保险套，只有医生才能取下。
这种保险套会伤人，男人带着它无法尿尿也不能走动。如果男人试图擅自取下，只会被钩得更紧。但不会割破皮。
砍强暴避孕套 售价
每只保险套售价约2美元。
砍强暴避孕套 使用环境
理想的情形是，当女性出去赴某种盲目约会，或前往感到不自在地方时，最好穿戴上这种保险套。
砍强暴避孕套 面临问题
有批评人士表示，这种女性用保险套并非永久之计，且可能会遭到受困男子的更加暴力对待。
