德國公司設計出女士反性侵內褲
A German company recently sparked controversy after launching a line of women's underwear that it claims can protect the wearer against sexual assault.
近日，一家德國公司因推出聲稱能保護穿着者免遭性侵的女士內褲系列而引發爭議。Called Safe Shorts, the underpants are made of a slash and tearing-resistant fabric and feature a combination lock and a loud alarm system that goes off when the pants are tampered with.
這款名爲“安全內褲”的產品由斜線型耐撕織物製成，並配有密碼鎖和聲響報警系統，當有人試圖扯下內褲時，報警裝置就會啓動。Sandra Seilz, the creator of the Safe Shorts, says that as a frequent jogger she has been thinking about creating a protective garment for women for a long time.
桑德拉·塞茨是安全內褲的設計者。據她表示，作爲一名慢跑愛好者她一直在考慮設計一款保護女性的衣物。
She revealed that she was once attacked by a group of three men who tried to pull her pants off, while she was jogging, and that this attack, as well as the wave of sexual assaults against women in Cologne during the last New Year's Eve celebration inspired to create the pants.
她透露自己曾在慢跑時遭到三名男性的襲擊，他們試圖扯下她的內褲。此次遇襲加上去年新年夜慶典時發生在德國科隆的針對女性的大量性侵案件，激發了她的設計靈感。
Short Pants feature three different forms of protection against assailants.
安全內褲有三種不同的防性侵保護手段。First, the pants' drawstrings are made of a very tough material that makes them almost impossible to cut or tear, and the combination lock prevents the attacker from untying them or pulling off the underwear without first untying the drawstrings.
首先，內褲的鬆緊帶是由超韌性材料製成，幾乎無法被剪斷和撕裂。密碼鎖能防止攻擊者解開鬆緊帶和扯下內褲。Then there is the soft protector in the crotch area that prevents assailants from tearing the Soft Pants between the wearer's legs.
其次，在胯部區域帶有柔性保護裝置來預防攻擊者撕裂穿用者兩腿之間的柔軟區域。And finally, there is the alarm system that produces a loud acoustic signal (130 decibels) when it detects that the pants are being tampered with. The wearer can also trigger the alarm voluntarily by sharply pulling the drawstrings to scare off the attackers and as a call for help.
最後，若警報系統檢測到內褲受到撕扯時，會觸發有130分貝的報警信號。穿用者也可通過急劇拉扯鬆緊帶來觸發報警系統，報警信號會嚇走攻擊者，也能當作呼救信號。Online reactions to Safe Shorts have been mixed. While a lot of people have been praising them as useful in case of a sexual assault, some claimed that they only shift focus from the real solution – preventing such attacks from occurring in the first place.
網友們對安全內褲的評價褒貶不一。儘管有不少網友認爲此產品能有效預防性侵，不過也有些網則表示，他們只想把關注點放在根本解決方案上--從源頭上阻止性侵行爲。
