# @feministscience on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2026-03-23T10:59:29.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Feminist Science (@feministscience) — https://gondola.cc/feministscience

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I was in high school when the HPV vaccine came out and was only recommended for girls then (boys now can get it too). It prevents over 90% of HPV-related cancers--a miracle vaccine! 

Some parents were all spouting the same BS-about how their girls were 'good' and didn't need it (ignoring that HPV can also be transmitted without intercourse). Even as a high schooler with no science degree and a PHD as only a distant spec on the horizon of my life, I knew it was BS and got the vaccine.

This was in 2007 FYI too, so the anti-vax stance was super shocking. And it wasn't b/c the vaccine was new, or they were concerned with side-effects, no it was b/c they didn't want their daughters having sex.

8 years later I was in a feminist science studies class a student did a report on negative attitudes towards HPV vaccination --even then anti-vax attitudes seemed shocking. 

#HPVvaccine #vaccinessavelives #feministscience #academia #STEM #highereducation #collegelife #highererducation
#feministscience #womeninstem #womeninsteam #highereducation #academicwomen #feminism #academicfeminism #sciencefeminism #feministsciencestudies

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