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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is why docs are suggesting even married women get the HPV vaccine now. If you're under 45 go get it now. Cheating, divorce, being widowed- many reasons why you can be exposed later.[/quote]

You think this woman got married at 15?[/quote]

There's a generation of women - 40-45 ish- who never got the vax because it wasn't approved for their age when it came out and then it wasn't really "marketed" toward them once approved. My OB is on a mission to spread the word.[/quote]

Why under 45? I'm 50 and never got it and I wonder about it here and there.[/quote]

Its only approved (for now) to age 45. I don't understand why. The NP at our md office said they get a good amount of ladies over 55 coming in with STIs for the reasons described above.[/quote]

Supposedly older people don't respond as well by making immunity. And also, since the shot prevents cervical cancer, which often takes a long time to develop to a life threatening stage, they figure the average 50 yo might die of other causes before they die of cervical cancer from HPV.

But, really, I think it is because the powers that be can't stomach the idea of older women having sex for pleasure. They can't control the post-menopausal woman's sexuality with the threat of pregnancy and having to raise a child solo, so all they're left with is fear of STIs. [/quote]

NP. The last paragraph above smacks loudly of conspiracy theory. "The powers that be can't stomach the idea of older women having sex for pleasure" so...these "powers" deny older women Gardasil? I'd wager that any deceny gynecologist would gladly give it to older women if it were effective to do so; gyns are the ones seeing older women coming in with STIs at increasing rates. And yes, it's not just "fear of STIs" happening, there is actual reason to be concerned because STIs are rising overall, including among older women and men. ("Sexually transmitted infections (STI) among older adults have dramatically increased in recent years, especially among those who are widowed and divorced." https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7177870/)

But I suspect that by "the powers that be," you don't mean gyns, you mean societal conservatives who don't want older women to have sex. Well, surely they don't, but they're too busy trying to force women of childbearing age to surrender autonomy over their bodies and keep having babies. Older women, meanwhile, should educate themselves more about STIs and the risks they're running when they get back onto the market after divorcing or being widowed. Let's not dismiss STIs as just a "fear" being foisted on women, as if STIs aren't a actual issue. [/quote]

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