Sure, that can and does happen. Do you think most women are getting STDs on their honeymoons? (I’m not even sure why we are onto this topic and I’m too lazy to go back and see how we got here!)
As a Dr. I’m sure you’re also all too aware that many women are having multiple sex partners and that is what’s really fueling the prevalence of STDs. It’s interesting to me, that after years of our society being saturated with info on avoiding these diseases so many are still getting them.
I was always sad when my students talked about sex like it was just something else to do, like going to the movies.
susie
I agree that it’s sad to have sex changed so much in the last 30 years. (Remember when the biggest fear was pregnancy and hellfire?)
Still, the double standard is alive and well - if not stronger and even more insidious than it was before girls who became pregnant could legally be told to “just take care of it.”
However, I still give shots and pills for STD’s, and will appreciate having one more tool to prevent them. I’m especially happy about all the repeat paps and treatments that will *not* be necessary. Can you imagine? I’m looking forward to the day that all boys and girls are vaccinated and these strains are virtually wiped out.
The lung problems for babies and children born to mothers with HPV are life-threatening. I’m not sure exactly how the virus is transmitted in people with lung cancer, but we’re only just now finding out that as most lung cancers (including those in non-smokers) may be due to the HPV strains that the vaccine guards against.
“The Association of Human Papillomavirus 16/18 Infection with Lung Cancer among Nonsmoking Taiwanese Women”
http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/61/7/2799
http://clincancerres.aacrjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/14/15/4705
http://jcp.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/extract/60/4/337
I don’t believe that having one less risk will make people less careful than they would have been.
One problem I always run into is that there’s no real way to test men and no way to treat male infections HPV 16 and 18 (which don’t cause visible warts, but are the cause of 70% to 99% of cervical cancer).