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Foxy ‘procurable women’ of World War II venereal disease posters
11.04.2013
05:56 pm
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A few of you may be familiar with the WWII-era poster proclaiming that “98% of all procurable women have venereal disease.” Of course, there’s absolutely no way to prove such a figure, since they didn’t have the data necessary to reach those kind of conclusions. In fact, since prostitutes were among the first to embrace safer sex technology, many public health experts actually believe soldiers were the largest transmitters. Note the happy, healthy little servicemen in the bottom corner of the final picture?

Regardless, the epidemic of syphilis at the time generated a lot of materials warning of the dangers of “procurable women,” some thinly veiled, some fairly explicit. Below is a fantastic little collection of propaganda, each piece somehow managing to make venereal disease look totally worth it. Those are some foxy working girls!
 
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And of course, the classic…
 
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More after the jump…

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Posted by Amber Frost
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11.04.2013
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World War II ad claims 98% of ‘procurable’ women have a venereal disease
12.15.2011
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98%?! Let me say that again, 98%!!!
 
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Posted by Tara McGinley
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12.15.2011
01:25 pm
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