In the interest of protecting women from sexual assaults and rapists, two women designers have created a new anti-rape clothing line, which includes garments like underwear, pants and shorts.
According to AR Wear, which is currently trying to raise funds on Indiegogo to produce the line, the product is created in such a way that even the most determined rapists can't break, rip or cut them, the New York Daily News reported.
While wearing the underwear, women and girls will have more power to control the outcome of a sexual assault, the company asserted in their online crowd funding campaign.
However critics have slammed the innovative clothing line, asserting that the garments are anti-feminist and "wrong on so many levels".
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