德国公司设计出女士反性侵内裤
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，一家德国公司因推出声称能保护穿着者免遭性侵的女士内裤系列而引发争议。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.
这款名为“安全内裤”的产品由斜线型耐撕织物制成，并配有密码锁和声响报警系统，当有人试图扯下内裤时，报警装置就会启动。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·塞茨是安全内裤的设计者。据她表示，作为一名慢跑爱好者她一直在考虑设计一款保护女性的衣物。
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时遭到三名男性的袭击，他们试图扯下她的内裤。此次遇袭加上去年新年夜庆典时发生在德国科隆的针对女性的大量性侵案件，激发了她的设计灵感。
Short Pants feature three different forms of protection against assailants.
安全内裤有三种不同的防性侵保护手段。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，内裤的松紧带是由超韧性材料制成，几乎无法被剪断和撕裂。密码锁能防止攻击者解开松紧带和扯下内裤。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，在胯部区域带有柔性保护装置来预防攻击者撕裂穿用者两腿之间的柔软区域。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.
最后，若警报系统检测到内裤受到撕扯时，会触发有130分贝的报警信号。穿用者也可通过急剧拉扯松紧带来触发报警系统，报警信号会吓走攻击者，也能当作呼救信号。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.
网友们对安全内裤的评价褒贬不一。尽管有不少网友认为此产品能有效预防性侵，不过也有些网则表示，他们只想把关注点放在根本解决方案上--从源头上阻止性侵行为。
