News, South African doctor invents female condoms with 'teeth' to fight rape (state, world)

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(CNN) -- South African Dr. Sonnet Ehlers was on call one night four decades ago when a devastated rape victim walked in. Her eyes were lifeless; she was like a breathing corpse.

"She looked at me and said, 'If only I had teeth down there,'" recalled Ehlers, who was a 20-year-old medical researcher at the time. "I promised her I'd do something to help people like her one day."

South African doctor invents female condoms with 'teeth' to fight rape - CNN.com

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Originally Posted by John1960

(CNN) -- South African Dr. Sonnet Ehlers was on call one night four decades ago when a devastated rape victim walked in. Her eyes were lifeless; she was like a breathing corpse.

"She looked at me and said, 'If only I had teeth down there,'" recalled Ehlers, who was a 20-year-old medical researcher at the time. "I promised her I'd do something to help people like her one day."

South African doctor invents female condoms with 'teeth' to fight rape - CNN.com

I can just see a prospective rapist saying, "Lady have you got one of those infernal devices in there?"

[meson]

Sad that the rape happened but a funny story nonetheless!

[camping!]

Sweet, sweet justice.
As for the woman in the piece that said that the very act of wearing this device is psychologically harmfull to the woman -Well, there are areas of this world where wearing this daily would make sense. In parts of Africa where raping a virgin is considered the cure for AIDS for example.