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title: 'No Prostitute Is Safe: Beware of Venereal Disease'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-no-prostitute-is-safe-1942/
description: A long banner in blue-to-red gradient carries 'No prostitute is safe' and 'Beware of venereal disease' beside a stylised woman in a white dress holding
section: Collection
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[![No Prostitute Is Safe: Beware of Venereal Disease, 1942 UK poster: A long banner in blue-to-red gradient carries 'No](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-no-prostitute-is-safe-1942.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-no-prostitute-is-safe-1942.jpg)

# No Prostitute Is Safe: Beware of Venereal Disease

A long banner in blue-to-red gradient carries 'No prostitute is safe' and 'Beware of venereal disease' beside a stylised woman in a white dress holding a clutch bag. The tell for fear appeal is the blanket claim in the headline paired with a single prescribed remedy, avoidance; the poster gives no infection rates.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
NO
Prostitute
IS SAFE
BEWARE OF VENEREAL DISEASE
J. Berry 1942
4058/P.M.E.M/5000
```

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