Sexual Politics, Corruption, Science and Rick Perry

Who out there is aware of the malestrom we have going on here in Texas concerning mandatory vaccination of young girls against HPV? The hope is that we reduce their risk of Cervical cancer by ensuring they do not catch HPV. Great, fabulous... lets go for it. Welllllll.... not so fast. Couple of problems, the long term risks of this vaccination have not been established. The efficacy of the drug is also a point of discussion. Our do-nothing Governer has finally decided to do something, which in and of itself raises red flags all over the place. Apparently my flags were not the only ones waving because after some digging it has come to light that Merck's PAC contributed to Perry's campaign.... hmmmm how odd. He denies it influenced his decision of course, but you wonder why a governor that has worked hard NOT to do a damn thing for almost six years suddenly take such bold action? Just a thought. So, today I innocently pick up the Dallas Business Journal in the hopes of finding some leads on clients.. and foolishly I read the Editorial column on this very topic. I want to emphasis, that I was reading the Dallas BUSINESS Journal...Where upon they touch on the above points briefly and then spend the rest of the editorial rambling on about how it is immoral to promote sexual activity in girls and how only abstinance can protect you. There is even a jab at the effectiveness of condoms. I can only repeat... THE DALLAS BUSINESS JOURNAL. Have you all sense? All Reason? Any effort to appear to be a publication focused on business? I want you all to ask yourselves... If there was a vaccine that would prevent boys from getting a STD that would lead to testicular cancer... would there be a converstion about abstinence? Women's health and health issues are by nature tied to sex and gender. The health community is structured to percieve the differences of womens bodies as skewing the results in studies... as if the default status is overy and breast free... Need I remind anyone how many women there are out there? I can't believe that we are STILL having this conversation. As I was venting abuot this whole topic today, the subject of the overall concern people have concerning what young girls are learning from all the recent high profile scandels involving startlets and other female celebrities. Again I ask you... why is the question about girls? Is the innocence of young boys so much less valuable? The problem is NOT that women are becoming more crass and coarse... it is that SOCIETY is more crass and coarse, emotionally vapid and intellectually vacant. We should all be worried about THAT.