And in the meantime for those who have not seen a DR. the commercial should mention the risks involved in premature sexual activity.

Let's be honest, a 16 year old isn't going to run to the dr after seeing the current commercials and say, "hey sign me up for the vaccine, or at least help me understand what my risks are."

Why?

Should car commercials mention the risks of sex?

As I see it there's no way the commercial could make anyone act in a more risky fashion. (I haven't seen them so I can't comment on the actual content.) If you don't act on the information in the commercial your behavior is unaffected. If you do act you talk to your doctor and he'll do a far better job of explaining risks than a 30 second commercial can.

how many people understand that HPV is sexually transmitted? Maybe I'm naive, but this was never mentioned in my sex ed. I learned about herpes, syphallis and ghonorea (spellings all questionable) and the hot one at the time AIDS, but not HPV. As a matter of fact, I didn't realize it was sexually transmitted until I was reading a pamphlet in my dr's office waiting area this spring.

Your suggestion of car commercials mentioning the risks of sex is absurd as the two are unrelated. Not everyone has sex in cars. BUT having sex can lead to STDs for everyone unless adequately informed of preventitive measures. The commercials don't address how one contracts HPV, only that HPV can lead to cervical cancer. Perhaps you should consider checking out the commercials.

Maddy, that's exactly the point that I was making, Lilith was highlighting and Loren seems to have missed altogether.

There's no point in putting a commercial out there that informs people about HPV if it ommits to tell you how it is transmitted, or else how would you know you were at risk?

I can see it now: "Oh yes, I'm very concerned about this HPV thing. I'll go to the doctors to discuss it with him tomorrow, but tonight I think I'll go out and find some random bloke in a club to screw'.

Lou :x:

I know Lou :) I thought I'd admit to my innocence in the matter so that Loren could perhaps understand that the world is not as educated as we might like to think. Oh, just to be clear, I wasn't at the dr because I saw the commercial - I was there for completely different reasons.

Perhaps a tastefull warning sticker in the back windshield of vehicles? :roflmao:

How's that rash I gave you? :p