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Surviving & Thriving: AIDS, Politics, and Culture
America Responds to AIDS
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If he doesn’t have a condom, you just have to take a deep breath and tell him to go get one, 1980s
Publisher(s):
Centers for Disease ControlType:
Poster
Focused on reaching women, this campaign presented a simple verbal strategy as the key to getting a partner on board with safer sex, along side an explicit acknowledgement of the potential embarrassment. The well-dressed women pictured here present the issue as a straightforward choice, made by women in control of their sexual lives and the actions of their partners.