Do the women you know get pap smears (which are only for detecting the cellular changes that result from HPV infection at some time in their lives)?
Is that because they believe “everyone is doing it?”
I cannot answer that question. I do not ask the women I know how often they get a pap smear. Occasionally I will be told in passing of a scheduled visit. Only one time after a visit have I been told of a required procedure. The women in my world do not like to chat freely about what is to most women I know considered a most uncomfortable visit. The pap smear is 'routine' and not generally discussed. And most certainly NOT discussed with a 9 year old.
The women I know are disgusted about the too few parents that really care enough about their children, male and female, to teach them the consequences of 'doing it'. This vaccine is very limited in what it can protect from 'everybody doing it', which seems to never get discussed.
“Do the women you know get pap smears (which are only for detecting the cellular changes that result from HPV infection at some time in their lives)?”
Women are not required to get them (yet) by Nanny Government. Plus there are no possible serious side affects, as there is with Gardisil.