when I initially heard about the vaccine and the age they were talking about various jurisdictions having it given, it gave me pause for many of the erasons listed here.
However, having had a few months to mull it over, I've changed my mind. I'm sure many of you will be upset by this but I think, assuming the vaccine is safe, that vaccination for it is a good idea.
The reasons I think so are twofold.
I come from and known quite a few people who do to, very dysfunctional families who a were in many ways, a danger to us as kids. As some parents engage in sexual abuse of their kids. If this can protect abused daughters from getting an infection through any sort of forced sex, wiether incestual or rape, I'm all for it.
Also, if a kid is being sexually abused she might engage in sex without the parents knowing.
2. I actually was exposed somehow to HPV before anyone knew much about it. I had to have an operation, when these were very new, in mu mid twenties, for dysplasia caused by the virus. I would have loved to have been able to receive a vaccine for it before that infection occured.
Now if they could just vaccinate against herpes simplex 1 - the cold sore we'd be onto something.
The heck with dignity and honour in other's eyes (something only the non-abused can afford). I'd rather have been protected from the cascer causing virus and *not* have had to have someone shoot a laser (that sounded distressingly like a shopvac) up my vagina, thank you very much. he was a good doctor but still. I'd rather any children i had be protected from the risk.
You can always get your honour and dignity back later.
for the sake of child sex abuse survivors could be a very good thing
However, having had a few months to mull it over, I've changed my mind. I'm sure many of you will be upset by this but I think, assuming the vaccine is safe, that vaccination for it is a good idea.
The reasons I think so are twofold.
I come from and known quite a few people who do to, very dysfunctional families who a were in many ways, a danger to us as kids. As some parents engage in sexual abuse of their kids. If this can protect abused daughters from getting an infection through any sort of forced sex, wiether incestual or rape, I'm all for it.
Also, if a kid is being sexually abused she might engage in sex without the parents knowing.
2. I actually was exposed somehow to HPV before anyone knew much about it. I had to have an operation, when these were very new, in mu mid twenties, for dysplasia caused by the virus. I would have loved to have been able to receive a vaccine for it before that infection occured.
Now if they could just vaccinate against herpes simplex 1 - the cold sore we'd be onto something.
The heck with dignity and honour in other's eyes (something only the non-abused can afford). I'd rather have been protected from the cascer causing virus and *not* have had to have someone shoot a laser (that sounded distressingly like a shopvac) up my vagina, thank you very much. he was a good doctor but still. I'd rather any children i had be protected from the risk.
You can always get your honour and dignity back later.