HPV jab girls are 'sex cautious'

[HuckleB]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8326026.stm

"Eight in 10 girls say that having the HPV jab makes them think twice about the risks of having sex, a poll finds. The findings may go some way to dispel concerns that the cervical cancer vaccine could make girls more likely to start having sex younger, say experts. But 14% of the 500 girls surveyed and who had been offered the vaccine said they might take more sexual risks because of it. The findings are published in the British Journal of Cancer.

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So is this considered a side effect?

[Warpy]

1. Gonna be some disappointed boys

complaining about blue balls, but I imagine this will help allay some of the fears the girls' parents have.

My mother taught me all the mechanics of birth control, making me think the whole thing was just too damn much trouble for too little reward. I think that contributed to my being a late bloomer.

The Netherlands, with their frank and complete sex education in their schools, has found a similar result, with both sexes delaying sexual experimentation.

If a poke with a needle into the deltoid muscle is one of the things it takes to get through to them, I'm all for it. If that needle also helps protect against cervical cancer, it's a win-win.

[MineralMan]

2. There are always a lot of disappointed boys...

It's how it is...

[mzmolly]

3. LOL

"Blue balls" Ahhh, memories .... ;)

[Celebration]

4. hmmm

Maybe a placebo would have the same effect...........

[HuckleB]

5. Hmmmmmmm.

Are we going to get into the ethics of placebos?

Rock and roll!

[beam me up scottie]

6. Oh oh oh! Even better - she could give her kid placebo birth control pills!

Genius!

[mzmolly]

7. Gee all the commercials about teenage, feminist sexual revolutions

went right out the window?! ;)

K and R cause I like you HuckleB. :hi:

[xchrom]

8. kick