If You've Had Two Sex Partners If You've Had Two Sex Partners

Contributor(s): The Texas Department of Health The History of Medicine Division. Prints and Photographs Collection Publication: The Texas Department of Health, [ca. 1986] Language(s): English Format: Still image Subject(s): HIV Public Health Genre(s): Archival Materials Posters Slides (photographs) Abstract: If You've Had Two Sex Partners and "AIDS: Get the Facts" represent a common didactic and informative approach to AIDS educational posters that does not use images to supplement text. Their respective content and approach, however, are dramatically different. This poster from the Texas AIDSLINE makes reference to a metaphor taken from Surgeon General C. Everett Koop in the mid-1980s. Koop and other public health educators suggested that in terms of the epidemiology of AIDS, having sex with someone was like having sex with all of their previous partners. At a moment when the dangers of promiscuous sex were being emphasized, this metaphor had the power to even invoke fear of serial monogamy.. NOTE: Slide of original poster image is slightly blurry. Copyright: This item may be under copyright protection; contact the copyright owner for permission before re-use. Extent: 1 pages NLM Unique ID: 101584655X74 (See in Profiles in Science) Profiles in Science ID: VCBBFV Permanent Link: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584655X74 Archival Collection: Visual Culture and Health Posters (Profiles in Science)