Mar. 5, 2013 at 1:26pm with 181,621 notes
Reblogged from in-case-of-dragons
secretcallgirl: kokilax: randomizeyourmind: Rape has become endemic in South Africa, so a medical technician named Sonette Ehlers developed a product that immediately gathered national attention there. Ehlers had never forgotten a rape victim telling her forlornly, “If only I had teeth down there.” Some time afterward, a man came into the hospital where Ehlers works in excruciating pain because his penis was stuck in his pants zipper. Ehlers merged those images and came up with a product she called Rapex. It resembles a tube, with barbs inside. The woman inserts it like a tampon, with an applicator, and any man who tries to rape the woman impales himself on the barbs and must go to an emergency room to have the Rapex removed. When critics complained that it was a medieval punishment, Ehlers replied tersely, “A medieval device for a medieval deed.”  - Half the Sky, Nicholas Kristof REBLOGGING THIS. x1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 A medieval device for a medieval deed - yes.

secretcallgirl:

kokilax:

randomizeyourmind:

Rape has become endemic in South Africa, so a medical technician named Sonette Ehlers developed a product that immediately gathered national attention there. Ehlers had never forgotten a rape victim telling her forlornly, “If only I had teeth down there.”

Some time afterward, a man came into the hospital where Ehlers works in excruciating pain because his penis was stuck in his pants zipper.

Ehlers merged those images and came up with a product she called Rapex. It resembles a tube, with barbs inside. The woman inserts it like a tampon, with an applicator, and any man who tries to rape the woman impales himself on the barbs and must go to an emergency room to have the Rapex removed.

When critics complained that it was a medieval punishment, Ehlers replied tersely, “A medieval device for a medieval deed.” 

- Half the Sky, Nicholas Kristof

REBLOGGING THIS. x1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

A medieval device for a medieval deed - yes.

  1. kalidescopedisaster reblogged this from prettygirlotakuness
  2. shiay reblogged this from mitsurubmgf
  3. zombiepandapie reblogged this from meowneko and added:
    Medical punishment? So a women becoming pregnant from rape is okay as long as the rapist doesn’t hurt his precious...
  4. fashioncoffeeciggies reblogged this from xxbutterflykisses
  5. varenneoraven reblogged this from fro-di-gious and added:
    I will never not reblog this. Saftey Dentata.
  6. therider2099 reblogged this from cyanide-burns and added:
    Is this legit, holly fuck….
  7. toriaisameenie reblogged this from lovejayr
  8. mitsurubmgf reblogged this from gallowscalculator
  9. feministinfidel reblogged this from im-just-a-girl-who-likes-comedy
  10. thenewmentality reblogged this from always-eager
  11. chisanours reblogged this from shimmyshuffle
  12. mummabearemmy reblogged this from piesandpixels
  13. pompompommelpom reblogged this from unisex-unicorns
  14. cordeux reblogged this from xdeebrie
  15. olivjuice17 reblogged this from oteacoffeeo and added:
    Ouch.
  16. kurtana-baby reblogged this from life-of-a-fabulous-pirate
  17. thedandyoffandom reblogged this from donteatmyfuckingpie
  18. chick3n-bone-nowison reblogged this from heres-to-the-frickin-weekend
  19. jazzispidazzi reblogged this from strength2maintain
  20. brokenhearts-and-shatteredsouls reblogged this from st0kked
  21. strength2maintain reblogged this from optimist-primavera
  22. reopeningthemind reblogged this from whats-up-puddin-cup
  23. team-ripred-and-ares reblogged this from pocketsofclocks