Anti-rape condom aims to stop attacks

Ouch. Sounds like a good device, at least give the rape victim a chance to run.

"Ehlers said the 'rapex' hooks onto the rapist's skin, allowing the victim time to escape and helping to identify perpetrators.

'He will obviously be too pre-occupied at this stage,' she told reporters in Kleinmond, a small holiday village about 100km (60 miles) east of Cape Town. 'I promise you he is going to be too sore. He will go straight to hospital.'

The device, made of latex and held firm by shafts of sharp barbs, can only be removed from the man through surgery which will alert hospital staff, and ultimately, the police, she said." (full article)