For their sake... Avoid venereal disease
A painted scene of a young woman reading a letter beside an older woman and a boy, with a framed portrait of a uniformed man on the wall. The caption reads 'For their sake... Avoid venereal disease'. The technique is faint: the appeal runs through the family's concern for the absent serviceman, with the fear-appeal implied rather than shown.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Government (issuer not named on the sheet); printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- Health, Home front
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
U.S. Government (issuer not named on the sheet); printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-810 (NAID 514305).
Text on the object
For their sake... AVOID VENEREAL DISEASE [imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943-O-511294
