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The safe shorts are available as running pants or hotpants. "Starting off, we only produced a small series, but it was sold out really quickly", tells us the entrepreneur from Oberhausen. The demand – 80% of it in Germany/from Germany (the article says, mostly German women buy it) – is high.
The shorts feature a padded crotch (to reduce groping), a locked-down waist draw-string, cut- and tear-resistant fabric, and a 130 dB alarm.
https://voiceofeurope.com/2018/02/german-women-in-fear-new-anti-rape-pants-sell-out-very-quickly/
[Update: Mea culpa! A comment to the original story provided evidence that the source of this story is less than entirely reputable. The above link cites, as its source, Bild. My German is rusty, but it appeared that the Voice Of Europe story is a nearly-literal translation of the story appearing in Bild... So, all is good, right? Umm, nope. Though Bild is extremely popular, Wikipedia notes: "It is the best-selling non-Asian newspaper and has the eighth-largest circulation worldwide." (No wonder I recognized the title of the publication!) Reading further, however, reveals: "...Bild has been described as 'notorious for its mix of gossip, inflammatory language, and sensationalism' and as having a huge influence on German politicians. Its nearest English-language stylistic and journalistic equivalent is often considered to be the British national newspaper The Sun, the second highest selling European tabloid newspaper, with which it shares a degree of rivalry."
Ugh. I apologize for letting a story such as this make it to the front page. There's too much discussion on this story to remove it at this point, so I would just ask that those posting comments please try to avoid inflammatory, bigoted, and/or racist remarks and, instead, focus on the shorts' construction and functionality. --martyb]
[ I still say you should have blamed it on Russian hackers. --TMB ]
(Score: 5, Informative) by c0lo on Tuesday February 06 2018, @11:04AM (9 children)
Or at least link to well known troll sites, like breitbart.com, we'll now how much shit we can give about the Fucking Article.
Don't try to slip these faeces under the guise of Radio Free Europe [wikipedia.org] or the "Voice of America", it is neither of the two.
First google search page include:
Voice of Europe - about us [voiceforeurope.com]
Snopes mentions it in the context of far right web sites [snopes.com]
A Quora answer [quora.com]
If you like to know the kind of shit they are peddling, here's an archive [orthogonalideas.com], go and read it alone.
Note the opening phrase of:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 06 2018, @11:57AM (4 children)
You may disagree with their politics but to infer that debates that begin by rejecting the prevalent dogma of our time are inherently bigoted is a non-sequitur. These people may, in fact, be bigoted but the concept of the white male patriarchy is also absolute, disprovable bigotry. Bigots beget bigots and sometimes that is a necessary social good.
I'm with the science, statistics and empirical evidence, none of which are politically correct to either side. When the far-left effectively claims that reality is a tool of white supremacy, we should be thankful another side has emerged. [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 3, Insightful) by c0lo on Tuesday February 06 2018, @12:16PM (3 children)
I provided you with the link you like, so go read it and spare me of non-sequiturs.
The fact that I like them or not does not make them true, neither makes them relevant.
Yeah, mate, I'm Something of a Scientist Myself, right?
Materialistically speaking that is.
Now, shoot me, will yea?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 06 2018, @12:54PM (2 children)
All I see are Polish Christians who aggregate news from sources all over the EU. Perhaps they're funded by aliens from outer space or by Yahweh himself? What else could explain their promotion of a conservative Christian view of European society that would have been considered centrist and mainstream just two decades ago?
Nah but best of luck with your ballistic materialism.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 06 2018, @01:40PM (1 child)
I know next to nothing about Europe, do you?
Two decades ago Europe has been more secular and less religious than now [tandfonline.com].
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 06 2018, @09:28PM
Yes I've lived here my entire life and have witnessed attitudes change over the course of four decades.
Doing yoga and being "spiritual" is a fad. Two decades ago the majority view throughout Western Europe was still informed by Christianity, this is why the UK didn't amend it's dormant blasphemy laws until 2008.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 07 2018, @04:18AM (3 children)
I don't know what you have against it. Do you actually prefer fake news?
CNN couldn't even bother to be honest about Trump feeding fish in Japan, carefully editing the video to make him look rude.
If they can't get fish feeding right...
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday February 07 2018, @04:24AM
A matter of taste, mate, a matter of taste.
As you know (or should): de gustibus non disputandum est.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 3, Touché) by c0lo on Wednesday February 07 2018, @04:27AM (1 child)
Fortunately, I don't watch CNN, the Australian public television offers enough choices.
...does it necessary mean breitbart can, or what?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Thursday February 08 2018, @04:59PM
Breitbart News is TREMENDOUSLY better now that they got rid of that horrible, horrible man, Steve Bannon.