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I'm Serious about Love. I Use Condoms
- Title:
- I'm Serious about Love. I Use Condoms
- Creator:
- Erickson, T. Charles
- Date:
- 1988
- Description:
- Without reading the text in these posters, designed by T. Charles Erickson for the New Haven Women's AIDS Coalition of the Mayor's Task Force on AIDS in 1988, the viewer would likely have no reason to suspect that these images are designed to personalize decisions about condom use. The image of this anonymous young man personalizes the textual message that using a condom is a responsible choice and a reflection of the feelings about your partner. The message--to be serious about love is to be serious about disease prevention--links romance with sensible, responsible behavior. Rather than utilize strategies of condemnation or fear, this poster, taken at face value, only offers the views and choices of one young man. The central message--condom use--is simply highlighted in red.
- Publisher:
- New Haven Women's AIDS Coalition
- Original Repository:
- The History of Medicine Division. Prints and Photographs Collection
- Rights:
- Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine.
- Disclaimer:
- The National Library of Medicine's Profiles in Science program has made every effort to secure proper permissions for posting items on the web site. In this instance, however, it has either not been possible to identify or contact the current copyright owner. If you have information regarding the copyright owner, please contact https://support.nlm.nih.gov.
- Genre:
- Posters
Slides (photographs) - Subject:
- HIV and Public Health
- Format:
- Still Image
- Extent:
- 1 pages
- Relation:
- AIDS Is a Fact, 1989
- Language:
- English
- Legacy Source Citation:
- Original Repository. History of Medicine Division. Prints and Photographs Collection. 11611. Free Text. This image may also be accessed from the Images from the History of Medicine (IHM).. URL. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/ihm/. IHM Order Number. A025297
- Legacy ID:
- VCBBGW
- NLM ID:
- 101584655X96
- Profiles Collection:
- Visual Culture and Health Posters
- Shareable Link:
- https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584655X96
- Story Section:
- HIV/AIDS