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    vanka-vstanka: I don't know. I don't really have a problem with the bullet one. MTV's safe sex stuff--and maybe this is because I watched MTV mostly in the early/mid... more »
    Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!: Is it cool if I use that third image for my pro-abortion propaganda? Because that's what I wish I could do. Go around shooting pregnant ladies' vagina... more »
    Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!: Just wait. Complain enough and they'll come out with the alternate ad, for boys, that goes: 'Boys, protect yourself. Make sure your partner demands yo... more »
    girl.of.your.dreams: Well now I'm just really upset. Those images are about violence, not sex. And I don't think anyone should have to think about safe sex (which is incre... more »
    Cerridwen: I'm reminded of the "If they used a gun, would you feel differently?" anti-choice t-shirts. Why, yes. Yes, we would feel differently, motherfucker. more »
    misspell: I'm just curious: the text in the ads is in Spanish - is that just because of the particular images, or is this only running in Spanish-speaking count... more »
    PreposterousHypothesis: Wow, NSFW warning for the jump (if you scroll down). more »
    gherkinfiend: And of course the girl has to find time to be extremely thin and immaculately waxed in between beseeching men to wear a condom. A woman's work really ... more »
    millelilly: Men should be offended and angry by the inference that a cock is like a gun. Consensual (why is that not spelled consenTsual?) sex is nice and fun and... more »
    muppetprincess: An ad that could be a trigger for victims of sexual violence should not be published. period. more »
    lalaland13: Silly ad. Everyone knows you only shoot guns into a woman's cooter when you're trying to abort a fetus! But yeah, that is pretty damn disturbing. more »
    ellaesther: Annnnnd, finally, one little piece of cultural learnings: In Hebrew, the words for "penis" and "armament" have the same root. The word for "fuck" (as ... more »
    colormeroutine: the "putting the onus on women to protect themselves" part I don't mind so much because I don't think anyone should trust someone else to protect them... more »
    ellaesther: Also, please tell me that these are not up in public spaces but are rather in the confines of the print media. "Yes, honey, that man is pointing a gun... more »
    MizJenkins: Well this is just a failure all around I guess. I'm not offended by the picture, I actually think it's kind of hot...but it certainly doesn't make me ... more »
    ellaesther: Jesus Fucking Christ. Just as I think I get accustomed to the notion that the world is full of idiots who can't see the truth that is standing right i... more »
    greengrey: I prefer Coach Carr's method. Don't have sex, because you will get pregnant and die! Don't have sex in the missionary position, don't have sex standi... more »
    wtfox?!: *crosses legs, tightly* more »
    kookla: Reminds me of that old SNL skit: "Who was the marketing genius behind that?" more »
    andBegorrah: Pete Campbell, you sick fuck. more »
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    "Safe" Sex?

    This safe sex advertisement reads, "Girls, protect yourself. Demand your partner wear a condom." Sexualizing rape/domestic violence and putting the onus on women to protect themselves scream "safe" to me, too. (The more upsetting image is here:) [Sociological Images]