Vagina Dentata-- Literally

A South African woman has invented the "Rapedex," a circle of burr-like teeth, that will bite into the penis of a rapist, and can't be removed without surgery.

"It will make the men think twice," she told Sapa of the invention that grew from "filing away" passing comments over the years.

A client she was consulting when she was a blood cross-matcher for a transfusion service, remarked one day "if only I had teeth down there", she related.

And while on call in hospitals and privy to corridor talk, she overheard a surgeon joking about a man who had caught his penis in his trouser zip.

"I filed the teeth and the zip away (comments) in my mind and played around with it," she said.

After conducting research on rape, she eventually selected an engineer and a developer. Only identified as "Bert" and "Piet", they came up with the polyurethane device.

The product was tested on models of penises and vaginas and then given to women to test for comfort.

Presumably there were no tests on men to test for comfort.

Cool idea... although some chick in the fantasy book Thieves' World had a similar device. Although I think that one was an interuterine penile guillotine. Now thats' old school justice.

One question: what if a woman is willing to have sex but forgets to take it out? I can really see that "ruining the mood."

posted by Ace at 04:34 PM

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