I think.
I keep get the strangest urge to throw bottles at walls, so I can watch and hear them break.
I get why this happened to me. I just don't like that it happened (is happening) and I don't like the stigma.
So, The Onion, known for its tongue in cheek humorous articles, published this article.
Considering that current experts estimate that 70% of Americans have been infected with HPV, it is pretty spot on and does it pretty well.
I actually thought it was clever, but the problem was that I happened to see the link on The Facebook (here). And the first comment I saw, was the one I used as the title of this post.
That is the thing, there is that stigma. Hell, I have family members that I could see using the same or similar terminology. And it is so "unspoken" among most people.
And it hit a raw nerve. Because this is something women have the consequences to, not men. So women get called all sorts of horrid things.
Here is the thing. I don't think I am a whore. Never was.
But I feel like I am being called that. And it is pretty prevalent, the stigma about women who get it. There is just so much about this I want to scream at.
I mean having your life attached to the word cancer is bad enough, but cervical cancer?!?!?! "That slut cancer".
Consequences, I suppose. I try to make it less hurtful... but I can't seem to right now. I was never a slut.
I get angry. I get really pretty fucking angry. And it ebbs and flows and I try to keep it at bay because I don't want it to consume me. And I don't know what to do about it.
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