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Take matters into your own hands, 1995

Playing with the idea of taking matters into your own hands, this poster suggestively informed men to protect themselves—by masturbating. With advertisements like this, the AAC promoted safer sex as erotic and enjoyable in an attempt to make it more popular.

  • Publisher(s):
    AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts
  • Type:
    Poster
Black poster with yellow and white lettering, illustrated with a single image of a photographed hand on the verge of being clenched into a fist to grab something.
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  • Black poster with yellow and white lettering, illustrated with a single image of a photographed hand on the verge of being clenched into a fist to grab something.
  • Photograph of a man wearing a vest and a t-shirt and holding in his left hand an unopened condom. Text appears on the left-hand side.
  • Photograph of a man, his arms crossed before him, facing the camera. Text appears on the left-hand side of the poster.
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    TAKE MATTERS INTO YOUR OWN HANDS AIDS

    ACTION COMMITTEE OF MASSACHUSETTS © 1995 EDUCATIONAL MESSAGE SERVICES DESIGN GRAPHIC WORKS

    IT’S HAPPENED BEFORE. You go out and have a drink or two to loosen up. Then you have a few more. Before you know it, you’re doing something you wouldn’t ordinarily do.

    TONIGHT CAN BE DIFFERENT If you’re planning to hook up, don’t drink as much. If you are drunk and horny, do yourself a favor— get home, slap in a video, and take matters into your own hands.

    Use Condoms Every Single Time You Have Anal Sex PROTECT YOURSELF AND END THE EPIDEMIC

    Please Do Not Remove This Poster. Ask the management for one or call 800.235.2331

    AIDS ACTION COMMITTEE HOTLINE 800.235.2331

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