Rapex!

[Helevitia]

A South African inventor unveiled a new anti-rape female condom on Wednesday that hooks onto an attacker's penis and aims to cut one of the highest rates of sexual assault in the world.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050831/hl_nm/anti_rape_condom_dc

[Nowhere]

They really don't have news to report about...what's stopping the rapist from examining if the woman uses this? Which of course means that he'll propably be more violent, a bit more for checking, and a lot more if he'll find it.
Sorry, but "passive safety" in the style of airbags doesn't appeal to me in such cases...

[TransformX]

This is better

http://www.femdefence.info/index2.html

[Gurm]

How about social engineering?

This is the second country that needs to top women's list of "places not to live". Maybe even higher than Australia, which is (according to the now-defunct thread on the police shooting that innocent guy in London) apparently the gangrape capital of the world.

So we have Australia, famed for its venomous snakes and gangrapes.

Then we have South Africa, home of apartheid and 200,000 rapes a year.

Dayum. This all makes Harlem look like a nice safe place to live!

[Tjalfe]

I suppose if they are ever introduced in the states, there will be lawsuits by the rapist for assault
.. and really, how long would it take for potential rapists to learn that if a string hangs out, pull it out first, or just test with something else, as in rape by stick, before actual rape

[TransformX]

Most potential rapists don't check. Those who do, would probably be disgusted by the idea.

[KvHagedorn]

Then we have South Africa, home of apartheid and 200,000 rapes a year.

Apartheid is no more. Just how many rapes were there then compared to now, hmm?

[Gurm]

Apartheid is no more. Just how many rapes were there then compared to now, hmm?

Dunno. I'm simply saying that on the list of "fun places for women to live and/or visit", SA and Oz don't rank very high.