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    PSA: Beware Of Grannies Setting "Mantraps"

    What You Don't Know ...

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    Image of deeemer deeemer
    11/16/09

    In reply to PSA: Beware Of Grannies Setting "Mantraps"
    It's a metaphor. This was the beginning of the pubic hair waxing movement. #mantrappsa
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    Image of Diziet_Sma Diziet_Sma
    11/16/09

    In reply to PSA: Beware Of Grannies Setting "Mantraps"
    Oh, wow - flashback! I remember this. But my favorite is the Learn To Swim one, why the guy who can't swim keeps "losing birds": #mantrappsa
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    Image of roxythekiller roxythekiller
    11/17/09

    @Diziet_Sma: I thought Dave was going to confess his love for Mike, explaining why a blonde bombshell needed to make a wish in the first place. #mantrappsa
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    Image of token_illiterate_commenter token_illiterate_commenter
    11/16/09

    In reply to PSA: Beware Of Grannies Setting "Mantraps"
    I don't know that I'd mind being captured by a British granny. We could have a nice cuppa and I'd learn the latest gossip about the vicar. Yes, in my world it's still 1953 in Britain. #mantrappsa
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    Image of TurtleSpeak TurtleSpeak
    11/16/09

    @token_illiterate_commenter: We still drink tea and gossip. #mantrappsa
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    Image of gherkinfiend gherkinfiend
    11/16/09

    In reply to PSA: Beware Of Grannies Setting "Mantraps"
    Britain loves a random PSA. I wish I could find the one from my childhood warning men (specifically men) about the dangers of not warming up properly before weightlifting...

    David Mitchell from Peep Show says it best here:

    [www.guardian.co.uk] #mantrappsa
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    Image of MalinaMango MalinaMango
    11/16/09

    In reply to PSA: Beware Of Grannies Setting "Mantraps"
    My first thought on seeing the headline: "This is a frightened city. Over these houses, over these streets hangs a pall of fear. Fear of a new kind of violence which is terrorizing the city. Yes, gangs of old ladies attacking defenceless fit young men." #mantrappsa
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    Image of token_illiterate_commenter token_illiterate_commenter
    11/16/09

    @MalinaMango: One of their best, and that's saying one hell of a lot. #mantrappsa
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    Image of sybann sybann
    11/16/09

    In reply to PSA: Beware Of Grannies Setting "Mantraps"
    Everything is reminding me of Python today. #mantrappsa
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    Image of token_illiterate_commenter token_illiterate_commenter
    11/16/09

    @sybann: Why, did your penguin explode? #mantrappsa
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    Image of bangers bangers
    06/22/09

    In reply to What You Don't Know ...
    FYI:

    in a lot of countries, especially in East Africa, inter-generational relationships are a huge problem as a vector for spreading HIV/AIDS. women in these relationships with much older men, usually around the age of their fathers, have very little ability to negotiate sex, and their husbands have usually had previous wives or at least lovers. in Uganda there are a number of public service campaigns cautioning against these types of relationships. for example, while i was in Uganda last summer, there were numerous billboards with slogans such as "would you let him [an older man pictured] marry your daughter? then don't marry his."

    this is a very funny graphic, but all of the comments seem to be belittling the very idea of the campaign. these kinds of messages are important, and do not necessarily undermine a woman's ability to make decisions or enforce the Patriarchy. in fact, in the campaigns that i saw while in East Africa, they are in a way undermining the Patriarchy.
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    Image of TallyCola TallyCola
    06/23/09

    @bangers:


    This X1000. I'm surprised by how many comments here are belittling the poster, although maybe a little context would've helped. I mean, I think this poster is almost 100% true.


    In Tanzania it was totally common for older men to prey on young girls, and they didn't give a shit if they gave them AIDS. It was also really common for teachers to solicit sex from female students in exchange for, like, allowing them to go to school, stuff like that. It was crazy.

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    06/23/09

    @TallyCola: I knew intergenerational relationships were problematic, but I never knew that so many girls had sex with men in exchange for school fees, books, or uniforms, as several comments here have noted.


    That is so, so depressing, that these girls recognize the value of education so much that they are willing to go to such lengths.

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    Image of zombie.nancy is a godess of fierce zombie.nancy is a godess of fierce
    06/22/09

    In reply to What You Don't Know ...
    You guys, I am just an innocent YOUNG WOMAN.

    And the menz shouldn't talk to me with anger in their voices. Or give me AIDS. They should think about their sisters & mothers before giving schoolgirls AIDS.
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    Image of Jack_Burton Jack_Burton
    06/22/09

    In reply to What You Don't Know ...
    Alert them to the dangers of men in ties, and their evil tactics:
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    Image of zombie.nancy is a godess of fierce zombie.nancy is a godess of fierce
    06/22/09

    @Jack_Burton: : THAT. Is awesome.
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    Image of electrogeek77 electrogeek77
    06/22/09

    In reply to What You Don't Know ...
    Also, aren't "pregnancy" and "illegitimate children" the same thing?
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    Image of LaComtesse LaComtesse
    06/22/09

    @electrogeek77: I thought that, too, but I guess you could have an abortion.


    Also, I love your Gypsy avatar.

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    Image of HappyHydrozoan is learning to deal HappyHydrozoan is learning to deal
    06/22/09

    In reply to What You Don't Know ...
    Dude, when is this from? The message is to ridiculous to be recent, but a vintage PSA using the word "sex?" That would be a surprise.
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    Image of shorty63136 shorty63136
    06/22/09

    @The HappyHydrozoan is learning to deal: Also, AIDS is relatively "recent" compared to syphilis and illegitimate children.
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    Image of zu_zu zu_zu
    06/22/09

    In reply to What You Don't Know ...
    What the hell?! It's like the 1950s invaded!


    So only school girls can get those things from older men, right? Not like drop outs or graduates who might be lured in by an oldster.

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    Image of Ailatan Ailatan
    06/22/09

    @zu_zu: Those are not worth keeping, let the unworthy perish.
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    Image of RollsRoyceRevenge RollsRoyceRevenge
    06/22/09

    In reply to What You Don't Know ...
    By the way, how are we supposed to stop older men from having sex with all these school girls?


    Full body tackle?

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    Image of shorty63136 shorty63136
    06/22/09

    @RollsRoyceRevenge: Rugby high tackle. Blind-sided.
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    Image of RollsRoyceRevenge RollsRoyceRevenge
    06/22/09

    In reply to What You Don't Know ...
    1. Am I crazy or is the older man also intended to be black?

    2. Would Lucy Van Pelt really take anything, let alone a placard with an STD written on it, from anybody?

    3. Swell pimped out Dodge Daytona in the background! What a bitchin' hood!
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    Image of rocknrollunicorn rocknrollunicorn
    06/22/09

    In reply to What You Don't Know ...
    What can older ladies give you? Cat scratch fever? Toxoplasmosis?
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    Image of RollsRoyceRevenge RollsRoyceRevenge
    06/22/09

    @rocknrollunicorn: Those fucked up hard candies, mostly.
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    Image of lolacat lolacat
    06/22/09

    @rocknrollunicorn: cross-stitch samplers? Leg pain? Calcium deficiency?


    On the other hand, better sex, a joint income, and a lesser chance of divorce?

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    Image of LaComtesse LaComtesse
    06/22/09

    @rocknrollunicorn: Courgaritus.
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