CNN reports that movie star Richard Gere (he of the persistent gerbil rumours) has been in India stumping for his other pet cause, AIDS awareness, by promoting condom use among Indian prostitutes.

“No condom, no sex. No condom, no sex. No condom, no sex,” Gere hollered into a microphone as about 10,000 prostitutes gathered at a dusty Mumbai fairground joined him in chorus.

Good for Mr. Gere! It’s so nice to see some positive mainstream attention being paid to the sex industry. Though I can’t help but wonder about one thing that the former Pretty Woman and American Gigolo star said:

“This [gathering] is unfathomable. This will not happen in the U.S. or Europe, or even in Asia.”

Er… where exactly does he think India is?

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