Mann/Frau

Item Overview

Title

Mann/Frau

Alternative title

Man woman
Gib AIDS keine Chance

Place of Origin

Cologne (Germany)

Publisher

Bundeszentrale für Gesundheitliche Aufklärung (Germany)

Language

German

Collection

AIDS Posters Collection

Notes

Description

This "Steck" cartoon depicts a naked woman and a naked man, with their arms around each other, seated on a hilltop, gazing upward with a started look on their faces. Snow is falling around them, but they are sitting under the "protection" of a condom, which is keeping them safe from the snowfall, and safe from the darkness, as light is eminating down from the condom above. Since the snowflakes can be suggestive of sperm, the couple can be thought of as being kept safe from the transmission of AIDS through the use of a condom.
Part of the public AIDS campaign in Germany: Gib AIDS keine Chance [Don't give AIDS a chance].
Poster held by Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library. History & Special Collections, Collection no. 306, item GW136.

Physical Description

Dimensions

61 x 43 cm. (24 x 17 in.)

Keywords

Genre

posters

Location

Germany

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Couples
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--prevention & control
Snowflakes
Cartoons (Commentary)
Condoms
AIDS (Disease)--Prevention
Safe Sex
Hugging
Nudes