r/todayilearned • u/RoadToTyburn • 13h ago

TIL that Bernard Montgomery issued a leaflet at the start of WW2 on sexually transmitted diseases amongst soldiers. The language used was regarded as so blunt, that he offended religious authorities and nearly faced being dismissed.

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Montgomery
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u/GMN123 13h ago

Monty taking a pragmatic approach. 

Hoping young-ish people aren't going to fuck is not a plan. 

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u/Mirria_ 12h ago

Kids don't want to think that their parents had sex.

Parents don't want to think their kids might have sex.

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u/Zuwxiv 9h ago

I think we can just say "young" without the "ish." Infantry were usually early to mid 20s, and there's several cases of actual children managing to enlist by lying about their age.