I am somewhat the opposite of most here so I will say... if it is HPV related... well firstly it's all over the news so it's not a big secret - so clearing up misinformation is actually a good thing. Secondly, unless you are the virgin mary - you can catch HPV. Anyone who is having (or has ever had) sex can get HPV. HPV is so common that nearly all sexually-active men and women get it at some point in their lives. This is true even for people who only have sex with one person in their lifetime. It doesn't mean you've slept with half of the state or that you are promiscuous or that you are heavily into oral sex (in fact they are not even sure if you can get oral cancer from oral sex as far as I know that has not been confirmed. You can catch it after having sex with an infected person just once. You may have dated slept with and married one man your entire life and still catch HPV (from him) - if he has it and all he needed do was to sleep with one person who had it and referring to my above comment - doing that is something that is actually hard not to do. It's that simple. The unfortunate thing is the strain. There are 40 different kinds - 16 (and one other number to a smaller degree) is the strain linked to oral cancer. Dumb luck... like winning the losers lottery I suppose - to draw that number out of all the different types. So if anyone judges then they might want to take a good strong look at themselves - unless they are the pope - chances are they've been exposed to some form of HPV) this is why they give gardasil so young - to what they expect to be non sexually active teens)

Being an educator I would read up on it and know the stats. Then do what you do best... educate. Tell them about oral cancer and the MANY ways you can get it and the suspected causes. You may save some lives in the process.

the rest - has been covered by others. hugs.