If I were Mary, Annunciation or not, I would like some proof. I'll bet she was watching her periods even though she knew it was all OK because of the angelic visitation.

Or . . . this scene happened ten years after the birth of Jesus. One assumes she continued to be married to Joseph and pregnancy was still a concern.

Eliza, if it you think it is wrong to depict Mary in this way, then you shouldn't depict Mary in this way. You don't get to tell anyone else that they should consider it wrong. Or at least you shouldn't expect anyone to comply - or refrain from getting peeved at you - if you do. Your comparison to a billboard showing a real person displayed in an offensive way is silly. Mary is not a real person who can be hurt by any such thing. Your post came across like a veiled threat of violence and made you sound more like a Muslim fundamentalist than a Christian. Like it or not, we live in a free society where we get to say any non-violent thing we choose. Part of the reason so many people are wary of Christians is that so many of them think they have the right to tell other people how to think and how to behave. Please stop it.