sciencescribbler:

wykyd-jade:

mercpoet1:

flirtable:

sassy-gay-justice:

witchlingfumbles:

allthingshyper:

shadowstep-of-bast:

hate-my-human:

secretcallgirl:

kokilax:

randomizeyourmind:

Rape has become endemic in South Africa, so a medical technician named Sonette Ehlers developed a product that immediately gathered national attention there. Ehlers had never forgotten a rape victim telling her forlornly, “If only I had teeth down there.”

Some time afterward, a man came into the hospital where Ehlers works in excruciating pain because his penis was stuck in his pants zipper.

Ehlers merged those images and came up with a product she called Rapex. It resembles a tube, with barbs inside. The woman inserts it like a tampon, with an applicator, and any man who tries to rape the woman impales himself on the barbs and must go to an emergency room to have the Rapex removed.

When critics complained that it was a medieval punishment, Ehlers replied tersely, “A medieval device for a medieval deed.” 

– Half the Sky, Nicholas Kristof

REBLOGGING THIS. x1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

A medieval device for a medieval deed – yes.

This is perfect

BLESS THIS PERSON

I BOW TO THIS INTENTION

Can we talk about how beautifully this turns rape culture on its head? Instead of “If they weren’t dressed like that they wouldn’t have been raped” THIS IS LITERALLY “IF THEY HADN’T TRIED TO RAPE SOMEONE THEY  WOULDN’T HAVE SPIKES IN THEIR DICK”*

That bold bit~

reblogging for the rape culture comment omFG AMEN TO YOU 

Exactly.

First time I heard of this, a guy friend said, “What if just a mean girl were to put it in when she was mad at her boyfriend” and immediately a dozen other guys were cringing and agreeing. 

Here’s the uncomfortable thing, guys: That’s fucking stupid. If you’re with someone who wants to cause you bodily harm when you sleep together, this isn’t going to make that more likely, or even easier. She could already do that. She could offer a blowjob and tear that shit apart.

Fortunately, another guy pointed that out, and the majority of the guys immediately agreed, said it was horrible that this thing exists, but only because it’s necessary. And I appreciated that they came to that realization, I appreciated that they, as a group, were able to recognize the need and take ownership of the idea that whether or not they fear it being ‘used against them’, that’s not the reality, and that’s not what’s going to happen.

And at the same time…I was pretty fucking uncomfortable to realize that their first reaction was to assume it was some malicious thing that could be used against them, instead of latching on to the idea that rape in some places and cultures is so common, women have to resort to shit like this for their own safety

Yeah…kinda fucks me up in the head thinking about alllllll aspects of that discussion

@sciencescribbler also the guys needed another guy to say something before agreeing with it