Dave Rubin recently shared a clip of a hard conversation he had with Emily Wilson and Link Lauren about whether so-called anti-rape underwear is the right answer to a very serious problem, and it’s the kind of blunt, uncomfortable discussion our leaders refuse to have. The clip has been circulated across Rubin’s channels and has lit up conservative circles because it forces a reckoning the mainstream media ignores.
Across Europe there are growing reports that women are buying reinforced underwear and other “anti-rape” garments because they no longer trust governments to keep them safe in public spaces. That trend is not some fringe fashion statement — it’s a chilling symptom of millions of women feeling they must take their protection into their own hands.
This isn’t a new gimmick; inventors from India to New York have tried to commercialize electrically charged or cut-resistant garments and “locking” underwear as stopgap measures for victims of assault, proving entrepreneurs are responding where politicians have failed. Those inventions drew controversy for good reason — they highlight the absurdity of asking women to armor themselves while policymakers defend open borders and soft-on-crime approaches.
The urgency behind these products isn’t hypothetical. Recent, horrific cases in Spain and other European countries have shown the human cost when authorities are slow to act against violent offenders, including foreigners who should have been vetted or deported after criminal behavior. When towns erupt in protest and victims are left to demand basic justice, the moral failure lies at the feet of governments that prioritize ideology over women’s safety.
Conservatives aren’t saying women should be blamed for defending themselves — of course they should — but the right answer is commonsense policies that prevent predators from ever setting foot in our neighborhoods: secure borders, swift deportation for criminal migrants, and law enforcement empowered to do the job. If leftists think handing out lecture pamphlets and virtue signaling will substitute for real enforcement, they’re abandoning the women who need protection most.
If you care about hardworking families and decent communities, demand that your elected officials stop pretending the status quo is acceptable. Insist on prosecutions, funding for policing, and immigration policies that put citizens’ safety first — not more band-aids sold as progress. The safety of our daughters and wives isn’t a political talking point; it’s a responsibility, and conservatives will keep calling out the cowardice that forces women to buy “anti-rape” underwear to feel safe.
