Female anti-rape condom has 'teeth'

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, June 21 (UPI) -- A physician in South Africa says she has designed an anti-rape condom "with teeth" for women to insert, which latches itself to the skin of the attacker.

Dr. Sonnet Ehlers says the Rape-aXe is a latex female condom, which a woman inserts like a tampon. If the women is raped, it latches itself to the skin of the attacker during penetration, causing immense discomfort to allow the victim to escape.

"The attacker is 'branded' a rapist! Since the attacker will need medical assistance to remove the Rape-aXe, there is no escaping arrest since medical staff will alert the authorities," Ehlers says on her Web site www.antirape.co.za.

"The penis will be encapsulated and the tines, ('the teeth') are so small there will hardly be blood that can spill because it is in a capsule."

However, Ehlers says the Rape-aXe will not cause physical damage to the rapist, but he will have tell-tale scars.

Because of the design of the female anti-rape condom cannot turn itself inside out, harming the woman, Ehlers adds.