Anti-Rape Bra Helps Keep Away Unwanted Sexual Advances, Sends Electric Shock Waves to Intruders

It's enough keep intruders at bay and look fashionable doing so.

A high-tech "anti-rape" lingerie garment was developed by three engineering students in India who were fed up with the culture of rape in their country wanted to make a change, for the better.

Various reports indicate that the lingerie was designed to help women ward off unwanted sexual advances with just the detection of an aggressive touch. In turn, this will deliver 82 electric shock waves that will go out to the intruder, call the police and the woman's family to let them know that she's in danger.

However, many have remained skeptical regarding general questions about the device. How could it know the difference between an intruder and a loved one? Would the woman wearing the garment get shocked instead of the intruder? How could this be produced and would it be affordable to everyone?

According to Manisha Mohan, an engineering student at SRM University in Chennai and of the creators of the project, she and friends were inspired to create the anti-rape lingerie as a reaction against the Delhi gang rape. It took them three months to develop the lingerie, which they call "Society Harnessing Equipment (SHE)."

The garment is composed of a plain white nightgown lined with polymer. It's fitted to the body and can be worn with a dress, skirt, or pants. Mohan said that aggressors would usually reach for a woman's chest first, so the bra-area was circuited with sensors that would detect pinching or squeezing. 

Mohan explains that a woman can turn on an electric switch attached to the waist of the garment when she feels she is in potential danger. "When I know that there is no harm, I switch it off," Mohan said, according to The Daily Beast. "But when I'm moving out of my office late at night, I could turn it on."

She adds that the garment also contains a GPS device that can alert parents or a spouse where the woman is when she is in trouble. It also sends an alert to the nearest police department.

And as for the price, Mohan stresses that she wants to make it affordable for everyone.

"Most of the women who are raped are not the ones sitting in palatial houses," she said. "I don't want it to be given out to brand. It should reach each and every woman in the villages. I want to make this a safer world without gaining profit.