Anti-rape underwear

[AZRedhawk44]

I'm glad I'm not the only one perplexed by Rev's answer.  I just figured I was having a bad comprehension day, but it seems lots of posts recently are relying on implied sarcasm and double entendre or inferred meaning.

[Perd Hapley]

Rev,

Tell your friend the same argument could be applied (but hasn't) to a whole list of other self-defense options. Guns, knives, pepper spray, kubatons, rape whistles, those spiky key-chain things, bulletproof vests.

"That guy didn't have any throwing stars - he was just asking to be mugged and shot in the back!"

[RevDisk]

Rev,

Tell your friend the same argument could be applied (but hasn't) to a whole list of other self-defense options. Guns, knives, pepper spray, kubatons, rape whistles, those spiky key-chain things, bulletproof vests.

"That guy didn't have any throwing stars - he was just asking to be mugged and shot in the back!"

That's exactly the problem. This device is not quite but almost useless in terms of self-defense. There's some concern, which I hope turns out to be overblown, that instead it'll just be a poison pill gift to the more scummy defense attorneys and prosecutors. There are plenty of both out there, that try to use any ridiculous excuse as a "mitigating" circumstance. For whatever reason, some folks are eager to buy any excuse in a rape case.

Clothing has been brought up before, to "prove" the victim was "asking for it". It sounds like it's ridiculous. It SHOULD be ridiculous. Unfortunately, it's a potential concern.

 

[Phyphor]

Even better antirape underwear.

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[BlueStarLizzard]

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And now this thread has been won!

[Perd Hapley]

That's exactly the problem. This device is not quite but almost useless in terms of self-defense. There's some concern, which I hope turns out to be overblown, that instead it'll just be a poison pill gift to the more scummy defense attorneys and prosecutors. There are plenty of both out there, that try to use any ridiculous excuse as a "mitigating" circumstance. For whatever reason, some folks are eager to buy any excuse in a rape case.

Clothing has been brought up before, to "prove" the victim was "asking for it". It sounds like it's ridiculous. It SHOULD be ridiculous. Unfortunately, it's a potential concern.

You're telling me there are rape victims that have lost cases, because they weren't carrying mace or a rape whistle?