Girls urged to have cervical cancer jabs (From Daily Echo)

Let's hope that they do something about screening the young women aged between 18 and 25. Too many young women die from cervical cancer and I applaud the vaccinations, but we need to do something to protect the others from developing the disease.

the best way for young girls to avoid this is not to have sex.

In your strange world, Condor Man. does that even apply to those who are married?

One of the reasons this has happened is because of irresponsible scare-mongering by the national press. If the Daily Echo really cares about this issue it should campaign for it the way it has been so 'diligent' in fanning the flames of the fluoride debate.

WalkingOnAWire wrote:
In your strange world, Condor Man. does that even apply to those who are married? One of the reasons this has happened is because of irresponsible scare-mongering by the national press. If the Daily Echo really cares about this issue it should campaign for it the way it has been so 'diligent' in fanning the flames of the fluoride debate.

if people took more care of their sexual health this problem could be massively reduced. Sorry that my argument is not PC enough for you.

Condor Man, I am sure we have common ground on this - I believe very much that the individual should take responsibility for their sexual health, along with their health generally. But I also believe that education, advice and the dissemination of accurate information are hugely important in achieving this. The Daily Mail made such a huge splash with a story about a girl who died not long after receiving her vaccine that many people were scared to have it. They had jumped the gun - the inquest showed she died of a completely unrelated heart defect - but the damage was done. It's not a question of morals, but of responsible reporting.

WalkingOnAWire wrote:
Condor Man, I am sure we have common ground on this - I believe very much that the individual should take responsibility for their sexual health, along with their health generally. But I also believe that education, advice and the dissemination of accurate information are hugely important in achieving this. The Daily Mail made such a huge splash with a story about a girl who died not long after receiving her vaccine that many people were scared to have it. They had jumped the gun - the inquest showed she died of a completely unrelated heart defect - but the damage was done. It's not a question of morals, but of responsible reporting.

Good post, also you only have to have sex once with someone who passes on the hpv virus, unwittingly in most cases and this may be within a loving, long-term relationship not someone who is sleeping around. Better to protect girls in more than one way, as using condoms relies on men and they're not always wanting to do that!

freemantlegirl2 wrote:

WalkingOnAWire wrote: Condor Man, I am sure we have common ground on this - I believe very much that the individual should take responsibility for their sexual health, along with their health generally. But I also believe that education, advice and the dissemination of accurate information are hugely important in achieving this. The Daily Mail made such a huge splash with a story about a girl who died not long after receiving her vaccine that many people were scared to have it. They had jumped the gun - the inquest showed she died of a completely unrelated heart defect - but the damage was done. It's not a question of morals, but of responsible reporting.

Good post, also you only have to have sex once with someone who passes on the hpv virus, unwittingly in most cases and this may be within a loving, long-term relationship not someone who is sleeping around. Better to protect girls in more than one way, as using condoms relies on men and they're not always wanting to do that!

schools are not doing enough to promote self-esteem amongst girls to give them the confidence to say no to advancing males. It works in other cultures but we've been too pre-occupied with prevention (whether it's STD's or pregnancies) to tackle this issue

Their is no accurate way of screening young women - thats why it isn't done.
Schools are asked to do too much now - while there is some responsibility on schools to raise girls self esteem, it also needs to be supported at home.