Anti-Prostitution Posters, WWII. Favourited 1753 times It is interesting, and shocking, to note that these posters are anti- prostitution not because prostitution is a psychological torture for women but a warning for men to protect themselves from disease that prostitutes might be carrying. Reply Shocking? Why? It’s always a two-way thing when two unacquainted people have sex. It’s got its consequences for both parties. That there is prostitution is shocking enough already anyway.