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S. Africa anti-rape condom to stop attacks
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-09-02 07:00
South Africa has more people with HIV/AIDS than any other country, with one
in nine of its 45 million population infected.
Ehlers, who showed off a prototype on Wednesday, said women had tried it for
comfort and it had been tested on a plastic male model but not yet on a live
man. Production was planned to start next year.
But the "rapex" has raised fears amongst anti-rape activists that it could
escalate violence against women.
"If a victim is wearing such a device it may enrage the attacker further and
possibly result in more harm being caused," said Sam Waterhouse, advocacy
co-ordinator for Rape Crisis.
Other critics say the condom is mediaeval and barbaric -- an accusation
Ehlers says should be directed rather at the act of rape.
"This is not about vengeance ... but the deed, that is what I hate," she
said.
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