It’s after lunch, and somehow the people in my office have started discussing sexually transmitted diseases.
Jim: HPV? What’s that one?
Mike: Human papillomavirus.
Jim: Do guys get that, too?
Me: They’re pretty much just carriers.
A brief moment of quiet reflection.
Jim: [whining] Why do men gotta carry everything? Why don’t you carry my disease for awhile?!
*Learn more about HPV here.
(If you’re wondering if I think your son or daughter, niece or nephew, etc. should be vaccinated against HPV, let me assure you that I absolutely do).
A new study has proven that the same strain of HPV that gives women cervical cancer can also give men throat cancer. This revelation has shifted certain politicians’ opinions on the HPV vaccine.
Ugh. Whatever it takes, I guess. If only it weren’t all so disgustingly sexist… Boooooooo!