Penis-mutilating tampon designed to put rapists out of business, forever...

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DEC.22. An anti-rape device which chops off the tip of a rapist's penis has
been invented by a retired anaesthetist in the Free State, South Africa.

Jaap Haumann, 72, who now farms near the small town of Clocolan, has
designed a "mutilator tampon" designed to lop off the end of a rapist's penis.

Dr Haumann's extraordinary invention was prompted by the fact that rape has
become so endemic in South Africa that a rape now is being reported every
26 seconds to police. Dr Haumann said he designed the device after speaking
to rape victims -- and said he believed that at least a million South

African women would flock to buy it.

"It became clear to me that rape has a devastating impact on the lives of
women, physically and especially mentally."

He said in one instance, a rape victim had refused to leave her house, even
nine months after she was raped. Her friends did her shopping for her.

"We all know that South Africa has the highest rape statistics in the
world. With this device I believe would-be rapists would think twice before
attacking any woman in this country."

Dr Haumann said the device is designed to be used in the same way as a
tampon. "I designed a hard cylindrical plastic core which contains the
spring blade, which slices when pressed against.

"This plastic core is covered by soft material, the same as a real tampon.
This is then inserted by the woman. When the rapist attacks the woman and
penetration takes place, the point of his penis will touch the section
containing the blade and it (the penis), or at least a part of it, is
sliced off."

Speaking of the danger of HIV infection from a bleeding rapist, Dr Haumann
said because rape was a violent crime, the danger of infection from semen
was high in any event.

Many South African women already habitually carry antiretroviral medication
with them to prevent HIV-transfer in case they got raped.

"But when a woman wears this device she would not resist and would not be
damaged internally. So the chances of being infected by the blood from the
rapist are, indeed, also less."

Dr Haumann said the deterrent value of the device would be immense.

"And this is really the idea. If this device makes rapists think twice
about attacking women, we have already achieved something."

But some women approached for comment, found the idea of carrying such a
"tampon timebomb" absurd.

"I would be extremely uncomfortable. Again the onus is put on the woman.
Men who rape women should be jailed for life. Men should not rape, end of
story," said one.

Dr Haumann said the device was still in the design stage. "It would cost
about R10 to manufacture one such device and I estimate at least a million
South African women would wear it," he said