Blog Her at a Glance

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Haven't done this in a while. Over at Blog Her we have HPV Vaccine Gardasil: Is is safe? The answer is no. Read the information she posts. Its the same rumors I was reading when I investigated getting the vaccine myself. Including Guillian-Barre syndrome.

Every time I think about this vaccine I really want to rage at someone. Because I had to argue with my doctor, and then that stupid nurse lied to me. Because of that, that lie, I resolved I would never get it. Anything that I can not be persuaded to do based on the truth, is not for me.

Based on this information today (and the info might change so my opinion might change) there is no way I would give this vaccine to my young daughter. No way.

Bravo Ms. Morgan ... keep getting the word out. We have to stop the government mandate.

Next on Blog Her at a glance ... Birth Control For Men. I'm all for birth control for men. Especially for high school boys, or men in college, because I've known far too many girls who's idea of a committed relationship was a trapped pregnancy. And current methods of BC just don't keep our boys safe from predatory women.

And I think what this boils down to, is a men's rights issue. Because for so long, pregnancy and reproduction has been the bastion of women. Abortion debates rarely involve men, because they've been told it's a woman's body to do with what she pleases, regardless of who's genes she is carrying.

To a point in the article, when the pharm's say they don't think there's a market for BC for men, I think what they mean is while they know men could probably use it, men probably won't buy it. Because men (if you know any) don't go to the doctor preemptively. Unless it's over the counter, men probably won't use it.

Which brings up a whole different conversation.

Next ... Gender and Extramarital Affairs. I'm really confused by her post, but I think I disagree with her completely. But this is something I've been thinking about lately.

Do all men cheat? Because watching TV these days, seeing movies, all men, apparently, cheat.

I have this to say: marriage - it takes work. Monogamy - it takes work. Having an affair is a conscious decision. But physical infidelity is only one kind. There is emotional infidelity, financial infidelity, etc. All of these are just as damning as the others. And all of these are conscious decisions. And I don't think they are instinctual. I think it's laziness, and fear of work or conflict at home.

I disagree with the blogger's overall message, that marriage is an unnatural state. Marriage is hard. And things that are difficult typically require sacrifices. And if there is one thing that contemporary society is against, its sacrifice.

In my experience, the things that are hardest are usually the most worth doing, and the most rewarding.