A Cape Town doctor who created an anti-rape condom with hooks is making headlines around the globe.
A report by CNN that Dr Sonnet Elhers would hand out 30 000 of these condoms free during the World Cup if she received enough funding has set tongues wagging on radio stations in the UK and the Netherlands. Newspapers from New York to India have also reported on the condom.
And there is a blogging frenzy on the web from those for and against the device.
Various groups have been started on Facebook - New Anti-rape condom, Rape-aXe at World Cup and another "Dr Sonnet Ehlers - Is EVERY WOMAN'S HERO- Anti - R.A.P.E condom".
"It hurts," Ehlers told CNN. "He cannot pee and walk when it's on. If he tries to remove it, it will clasp even tighter."
Ehlers' prototype was created in 2005. Critics called the device medieval but Ehlers claims on her website it is a "medieval device for a medieval deed".
She said: "It is absurd that women and children in this day and age still fall prey to opportunistic sexual predators. When will they be empowered? When will they be heard? Never, it seems! There always appears to be a more important issue to be addressed in legislature."
Ehlers explains that it was after examining one such tearful victim that she had a light-bulb moment and created the device. The victim looked up at her and said: "If only I had teeth down there!"
Ehlers says she wants to bring hope to women all over the world.
On her website, she said Rape-aXe is a device which latches itself to the skin of the attacker, causing immense discomfort, allowing the victim to escape. "Since the attacker will need medical assistance, there is no escaping arrest since medical staff will alert the authorities."