not oops Seth, you just scored comments from 3 "tell it how it is" posters. 'Tis the nature of the beast that the written word is often more to the point (and consequently reads as blunt) than our spoken word.

I was mainly agreeing with you but just wanted to add to your important point about ensuring that HPV infection is not stigmatised by reminding people to avoid words such as promiscuous.

Your last paragraph made your point eloquently.

Unfortunate about the link - the problem wasn't the article but where it ended up.