The HPV vaccine series is recommended at age 11-12.
Let's be realistic. How many people are still virgins at 18? (Less than half.) With about 15% of kids having their first encounter before age 16, from a public health perspective, the challenge really is to get them the vaccine while they can still get full benefit from it.
I truly do not understand the mentality that a young woman deserves to be punished with cancer because she did not wait until she was married. And that is exactly how I interpret refusing to vaccinate your teens.
I realize that the leftist perverts have chosen 11 as the age they would like to see children introduced to sex, because they are perverts. It is sad to see FReepers wanting to help encourage that.
Parents and others, especially civil authorities, should set higher-not lower-standards. You set low standards you WILL get lower output, let us set the standards higher.
If they are old enough for sex, that means they are old enough to get their own place and support themselves, this is the attitude that parents should be having.