Happy Bodies
October 28, 2009
Feministing’s got a new study from the UK that shows that–drum roll please!–girls who receive the Gardasil vaccine against HPV say it makes them think more about risks in sexual behavior.
Here’s the piece of the study quoted by Feministing:
One in five of the 12 and 13-year-olds polled by the University of Manchester team thought the vaccine was embarrassing because it is for a sexually-transmitted infection – human papillomavirus, or HPV.
But, 79% of the girls said having the vaccination reminded them of the possible risks of sexual contact and 93% said it showed they were serious about their own health.
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