Jill of Feministe says
Now that boys may be getting vaccinated for HPV, we’re suddenly worried about the vaccine’s safety and efficacy – and not a peep about how vaccination may turn boys all slutty.
(The Washington Post article she links to is pretty sharply worded as well.)
Ever wonder why people never peep about things that turn boys all slutty? I actually do. Because, seriously, even if they really cared about girl virginity they have to have noticed they’re way into diminishing-returns territory on pressuring girls. (And no, I’m not talking about that purity-ring-auxiliary thing where boys are encouraged to protect girl chastity. I’m talking about talking boys into protecting their chastity.) But nope, no dice, they don’t worry about boys turning all slutty.
Ever wonder why people never peeped about girls and safety and effectiveness? Even though, y’know, the whole theoretical reason for opposing the HPV vaccine for girls and women was to “keep them safe” because they’re such delicate flowers? I wonder about that too.
Submitted by 2807 (not verified) on Tue, 2009-03-31 16:19.
You know, it could always be because the fact that girls are currently getting it means that their "slutty kids" argument has failed, so now they have to try something else if they want any hope of reversing things. While there could still be double standards involved, I would tend to think of it more as them not being complete idiots.
Submitted by 2807 (not verified) on Fri, 2009-04-03 19:38.
We'll be very interested to see how the Gardasil for boys debate plays out, especially since we've been 'peeping' about safety and effectiveness since way back in early 2007. And with a name like EvilSlutopia, you know we weren't raising questions from the 'girls are delicate flowers' angle.