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When the country doesn't allow women to protect themselves....
There is no answer to a question of how an angry rapist might stab, or beat a woman using this device. There is also no explanation as to how this might be for a woman needing a washroom break.
Why women would need to suffer when arming women would make rape victims really think twice.
TIZ
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A group of Swedish teenage girls has designed a belt that requires two hands to remove and which they hope will deter would-be rapists, one of the creators told said.
"It's like a reverse chastity belt," said one of the creators, 19-year-old Nadja Bjoerk, meaning that the wearer is in control, instead of being controled.
The military-style buckle has a latch that the wearer has to move through a labyrinth into the correct position in order to unlock the belt.
"You need two hands to open it, so the rapist can't hold you down and open it at the same time. It takes a while to figure it out if you don't know what you're doing," she said.
The product was designed as part of a high school project in entrepreneurialism and the girls have already sold 300 of the belts in Sweden, priced at 150 kronor ($26).
Ms Bjoerk and one of her partners now plan to start a business to mass produce the belts and are currently in negotiations with potential partners.
"But I'm not doing this for the money," she said. "I'm really passionate about stopping rape. I think it's terrible."
The Swedish media have in recent months given wide and descriptive coverage to rape attacks, though experts' opinions vary on whether there has been an actual rise in the number of such crimes.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17339154-13762,00.html
There is no answer to a question of how an angry rapist might stab, or beat a woman using this device. There is also no explanation as to how this might be for a woman needing a washroom break.
Why women would need to suffer when arming women would make rape victims really think twice.
TIZ
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A group of Swedish teenage girls has designed a belt that requires two hands to remove and which they hope will deter would-be rapists, one of the creators told said.
"It's like a reverse chastity belt," said one of the creators, 19-year-old Nadja Bjoerk, meaning that the wearer is in control, instead of being controled.
The military-style buckle has a latch that the wearer has to move through a labyrinth into the correct position in order to unlock the belt.
"You need two hands to open it, so the rapist can't hold you down and open it at the same time. It takes a while to figure it out if you don't know what you're doing," she said.
The product was designed as part of a high school project in entrepreneurialism and the girls have already sold 300 of the belts in Sweden, priced at 150 kronor ($26).
Ms Bjoerk and one of her partners now plan to start a business to mass produce the belts and are currently in negotiations with potential partners.
"But I'm not doing this for the money," she said. "I'm really passionate about stopping rape. I think it's terrible."
The Swedish media have in recent months given wide and descriptive coverage to rape attacks, though experts' opinions vary on whether there has been an actual rise in the number of such crimes.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17339154-13762,00.html
I'm cringing at the mere idea!
