We need more HPV vaccination, and for at least some of the boys too. Not only do males sometimes have their own HPV problems (thank you Planned Parenthood for helping me out when I didn’t have insurance. I followed your advice and am likely no longer a carrier) but vaccinates boys would not be a major vector to girls who had not had the vaccine. HPV is an infection where you can get a lot of heard immunity with fairly modest vaccination rates.

But all this is mostly about twelve year olds being called sluts. It doesn’t matter that a few years before they are most likely to become sexually active is the best time to vaccinate. It doesn’t matter that immune response peaks shortly after this age. It doesn’t matter that women might have their lives saved or have a greater quality of life. It doesn’t matter that treatment for cervical hyperplasia sometimes reduces a woman’s fertility. It doesn’t matter that sometimes guys get get, well, you know…. Just don’t acknowledge that any child will grow up to be an individual who makes sexual decisions.

Huh.

Smells like sarcasm up in here.

Michelle Bachmann, though… lesser (although not much lesser) of two evils. Except, you know, the being batshit crazy part.