I have so many questions!

What's with the R.L. Stine font on this one?
Do they really want to be encouraging teenagers to "ride" anything?
Hiking is an alternative to sex?
Is T. Bone a joke? What about the Abstinence Avenger?

Were these all made with Microsoft Paint?

I know...they're all SO great in their own way. Do you know hard it was not make a who-wants-to-screw-hippies-anyway joke for this one? (Relax, sexy hippies of the world, just a joke.)

Yeah, because women who DO have sex before marriage never do anything worthy of appreciation.

Oh, wait, I forgot-- sex is all we ARE capable of (and making babies of course) isn't it!? Of course that's where our value is!

since men are so simplistic and crude, we better make them work hard and wait long for everything to make sure they appreciate it. Future sexual encounters, interaction with children, meals, vacations, conversation time, exercise. Just so they can understand whats REALLY valuable.

Yeah. I mean, not to be insensitive to the roaring antifeminist vibe of these posters, but I look at one of these things and I'm personally insulted. Why would I want to date someone who thinks I'm there to "work" to get into bed with her and that sex is my "reward"? What am I, a golden retriever?

Cheers,

TH

I just don't understand this one.

If you have sex before marriage, you won't be able to keep your balance while breakdancing?

Duh. The fetus totally throws off your weight distribution.

Even if you're the guy??

Tom Head, I do not want to know how you train golden retrievers in your household.

I don't really see character as having anything to do with it. I'm more proud of the person I am now, sexually active with a loving partner (who I AM going to marry, but that was decided after the sexual decision) than I was when last I made a conscious decision to remain abstinent.

Believe it or not, having sex before an arbitrary legal ceremony doesn't make you easy. And, oddly enough, it also doesn't mean you have no character. And honestly, harping that women ought to delay their personal sexual development until a ceremony which, until very recently, was a title transfer between your father and your husband of your life, is silly.

Also, I object to the heteronormative presumption if the poster. Unless their implication is that if you plan to bang women, making them wait and work at it is unnecessary. In which case, I read this as an encouragement to lesbianism.

"Sex with the womens. Because men need to have a tangible sexual future benefit to stay with you."

Hippies?? Look more like churchy bible study types on retreat to me.

Is it bad that I kind of want the Abstinence Avenger one? I find it rather hilarious.

Interesting to analyse this picture in relation to this photo essay which Bitch PhD blogged about today-- submissive construction of her gaze, etc.

I'd LOVE to see the same poster with a guy on the front and the caption "women appreciate things more when they have to work hard for them so don't be easy."

Personally, I wouldn't want a man who wanted to wait until the wedding night before having sex.

Any man who would insist upon waiting until a piece of paper was signed before making love tells me his passion isn't strong enough for me.

Yeah, bloody dead from the ankles up.

The hiking poster is my favorite.

I wonder where they're hiking to....maybe a cool shady spot by a clear stream.

Those backpacks look like they're loaded, maybe with a blanket, lunch and a couple of bottles of wine?

Yeah, if I were sexually attracted to a man I think an afternnon hike into the woods would be a fine start.

Men appreciate THINGS more?

Yeah, you know--your hymen. You're nothing without it, these days it seems.

Just look at the age group ... how old are those two? At least mid-twenties, no?

Big Annie: Yes, even thoughts of snakes, spiders, ticks and nasty biting ants don't detract ... but if you think carpet burn is bad, bark burn is worse. So I recommend choosing a spot with leverage or at least solid ground. Mind you, you don't have as many wildlife nasties as we do.

Abstinence Avenger!

*falls off of chair laughing*

My goal for the next 24 hours: Include the phrase "abstinence avenger" into at least one conversation.

http://www.teen-aid.org/Catalogue_of_Materials/Posters/images/Stickers/quickly_and_cheerfully.gif

Yeah, I think THAT about sums up why fundies make me nervous.