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South African women may be issued with anti-rape condoms ahead of the Football World Cup.

A Cape Town doctor, Sonnete Ehlers, has asked that a condom she developed five years ago be given freely to women at risk.

She has said the condom, known as the Rape-aXe, is ready to be put into widespread use.

The condom is designed to be inserted into a woman's body. The interior has tiny spines which, in case of rape, attach to the man's penis.

Dr Ehlers has said the condom does not draw blood, as that might increase the danger of HIV infection.

However, she said, it does cause a great deal of pain if the man tries to remove the condom.

The condom has to be removed in hospital, meaning the rapist can be identified.

Since publicly announcing her invention, Dr Ehlers has become a celebrity, stirring a worldwide debate about the merits of her anti-rape device.

She has been on talk radio shows in places as far-flung as England and Australia.

Critics argue that the Rape-aXe could cause a man to become more violent when he realises he has been trapped, and the device does not prevent penetration, one of the most traumatic aspects of rape.


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Might be a bright idea but I can see a lot of misuse from this. Jealous lovers etc. And it looks very scary.