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Anti-Prostitution Posters, World War II
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Posted on 07/08/2012 2:29:58 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
Anti-Prostitution Posters, World War II
Emphasizing the relationship between patriotism, morality, health preservation, and disease prevention, images of the infected soldier and disease-carrying prostitute in posters during the First and Second World Wars came to symbolize both moral failure and social decay. The following posters use images of "loose" women, patriotic iconography, and frightening symbols to grab the attention of the viewer and inspire behavior modification. These images not only reflected attitudes, values, and beliefs about the causes and consequences of venereal disease but also affected responses to the problem.
(Note: Most these photos link back to Retronaut; added are a few more photos and text discovered from the NIH and other sites)
TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Education; Government; Health/Medicine; History; Military/Veterans; Reference; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: chastity; gonorrhea; modernhistory; napl; prostitute; prostitution; retro; saltpeter; shadylady; std; syphilis; venerealdisease; worldwar2; ww2
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To: DogByte6RER
Really cool pics. Thanks.
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posted on
07/08/2012 11:32:31 PM PDT
by
paudio
(OTP: Why do people want to rehire a mechanic who clearly only made their car worse than before?)
To: Slings and Arrows; Revolting cat!
Gonnerea needa newa setta posters for today's military.
In the Navy!
You can polish up the brass!
In the Navy!
You can take it up the A**!!!
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posted on
07/09/2012 1:12:42 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Fools.Damn fools.Welcome to the USSA. Socialism is slavery to the State and the Supreme Court did it)
To: DemforBush
Back in the 80’s we actually had a 16mm copy of that film at my Navy command!!!
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posted on
07/09/2012 3:50:42 AM PDT
by
fredhead
(It's my Herbie year...check out the number on the side of the famous VW.)
To: fredhead
Ha! That’s awesome. :-)
Btw, thank you for service!
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posted on
07/09/2012 4:03:14 AM PDT
by
DemforBush
(A Repo man is *always* intense!)
To: BobL
this was more to stop troop loses from having to treat the diseases. i think the british army in north africa and italy had vd camps where soldiers would be held and humiliated until cured and returned to the front.
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posted on
07/09/2012 9:10:52 AM PDT
by
bravo whiskey
(If the little things really bother you, maybe it's because the big things are going well.)
To: a fool in paradise
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posted on
07/09/2012 3:32:38 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: bravo whiskey
“this was more to stop troop loses from having to treat the diseases.”
Agree. Back in those days the thought was to win first, and then worry about New World Orders and getting the masses to love you.
My how things have changed...
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posted on
07/09/2012 4:59:50 PM PDT
by
BobL
To: Slings and Arrows; Revolting cat!
I thought you were going to post this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtOLLLbekec
VD is for Everyone
“This 1970s Commercial for the Ad Council give a real cross section of America. A snappy tune to boot. Digitally Enhanced.”
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posted on
07/10/2012 7:32:38 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Fools.Damn fools.Welcome to the USSA. Socialism is slavery to the State and the Supreme Court did it)
To: a fool in paradise
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posted on
07/10/2012 7:37:13 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(FUJR (not you, Jim))
To: a fool in paradise
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posted on
07/10/2012 3:48:28 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Was it the woman and the horse that got to you?
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posted on
07/10/2012 3:55:39 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Fools.Damn fools.Welcome to the USSA. Socialism is slavery to the State and the Supreme Court did it)
To: a fool in paradise
The dad-and-baby scene didn’t do the subtext any favors either.
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posted on
07/10/2012 4:03:51 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: DemforBush
Ned Beatty was in the film!
Now I know where he learned to squeal like a pig!
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posted on
07/10/2012 4:24:21 PM PDT
by
saleman
(!!!!)
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