Posts Tagged ‘cervical cancer’

Women’s Health Marketing Embraces Misogyny in the Name of “Awareness”

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A spindly, beautiful woman is extended on a chaise lounge in an immaculate ruffled dress. She is paging idly through an antique book when a floating trail of sparkly light interrupts her reading. She follows the glow up the staircase of the manse and into a room marked by fresh roses and enchanting music, where [...]

HPV Vaccine Gardasil Officially Scariest Thing Ever, Media Reports

Washington, D.C. and four states are requiring sixth-grade girls to receive the three-shot Gardasil vaccine before entering school this year. Gardasil protects against the "four strains of the sexually transmitted Human Pappilomavirus (HPV)" most likely to cause cervical cancer and genital warts.
Mandating that girls receive the vaccine at age 11 or 12 (there is currently [...]