Thanks, Brian and David for responding. I actually thought I knew a fair amount about HPV (I've written about women and STDs) and one of my doctoral students conducted her doctoral dissertation on college-age women's perceptions of gardasil and factors that contribute to planning to get the vaccine. What I didn't know until recently was the harm that can come to men (more often than women) in terms of oral cancer. I know that info is on the NCI site but I don't recall it being discussed in terms of the gardasil debate, etc. Of course now I have read Maura Gillison's research and that of others. I have learned that boys/men can get gardasil in several countries that have laws that say that availability of vaccines, etc. cannot discriminate by gender. Given what my husband is going through, I would be extremely upset if I had a son who could not get gardasil. I am so grateful that our daughter was in the age range to be eligible and she has already been vaccinated. If I learn anything new I will pass it on to the board.