yowch! (but they deserve it)

Only from South Africa could (and should) such a device emerge:

The anti-rape female condom, known commercially as Rapex.

Nope. Not a joke.

What is it, exactly? Well, check out the link for details, but essentially it's a portable pussy porcupine, to put it in indelicate alliteration terms. It's a sheath which contains painful barbs which implant themselves into any invading... um, er... member. The theory is this will cause MUCH pain (I don't think that theory will need proving), giving the victim time to escape. Also, it apparently requires surgical removal, but causes no long-term damage. If you ask me, long-term damage should be guaranteed, rather than avoided.

What deplorable social condition have precipitated such a device's invention? Why, only the world's highest highest reported rape rate per capita: about 1 in 840. Don't forget that "capita" includes males, so if you rule them out, it's really about 1 in 420 or so. That's only the REPORTED rapes. Experts estimate the actual rate could be as much as NINE TIMES HIGHER, which could theoretically put the rate at 1 in 46. Crikey. What a wonderful world.