Betty Dodson with Carlin Ross

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Betty, would you please give this article about vaccines a read before you give more advice about avoiding vaccines.
http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=7714
The article is primarily focused on the flu vaccine for health care providers, but I think the principles hold true for other vaccines and the general public. 

It's fair enough to question the necessity of a medical procedure and do some research, but I honestly cannot see the drawback to receiving this vaccine. It costs nothing other than time (and, in your case, some needle-related fear) and could ultimately protect you from cervical cancer. Ok, the likelihood of developing this is slim, but why take the chance?
It truly saddens me that you would go to the effort of turning down a vaccine which could have massive benefits, just on the basis that you believe you don't like being told what to do. I certainly would have accepted the chance to be vaccinated if it had been around in my teens. In addition, how much logic have you applied to the argument that the HPV vaccine suppresses sexual women? The vaccine reduces the health risks involved in having an active sexual life; that sure sounds like liberation to me! 
This vaccine's media coverage has been overwhelmingly negative in my experience (the old "it'll make girls into sluts" line). I really have never seen a newspaper put a positive spin on this vaccine to lift people's recession-crushed spirits. Maybe, to you, any coverage of the vaccine is just more pressure?
Finally, I'd like to highlight an issue that most people choose to ignore. Nationwide vaccination schemes are a collaborative effort. 1 generation of young women's commitment to get vaccinated holds a positive legacy for the young women that follow them: less HPV around to ruin their health and their fun. Just like many people choosing not to give their kids the MMR jab (which is already causing a rise in cases of measles) your decision is ill-informed and selfish.
I know everything I just said will only harden your resolve NOT to have the vaccine, but I just couldn't leave your ignorance undisputed.

My previous doctor was adamant that I get my HPV shot when it came out.
I told her I have no partners in mind, nor did I have any propects, and really didn't plan on having any partnersex anytime soon.
she told me that things change, and I should be careful, hinting at the prospect of me going drinking and passing out to be at the mercy of those around me.
I do not drink. my 'parties' are almost always three female friends, they don't drink either, they aren't even gay. (one is bi, but has a signifigant other)
I was deeply offended at her accusations, not only did she mention the above, but also was very condescending, like I was a child. she did not mention the risks involved with the shot, or the health issues it could cause- I refused the shot and she was cruel to me, so I switched doctors.
that was a year ago, I stand by my choice, and it has not been an issue, as my prediction of  not wanting nor having any partners has held true, and my new doctor understands my  asexuality and trusts me to come forward if I decide to change.

I don't see where you came to the conclusion that the HPV vaccination is "supressing sexual women".
"It seems to me that the UK media typically grasped hold of the idea of this vaccine just at the start of the economic downturn, in a bid to distract the public, and focus attention on how every young girl NEEDS this vaccine."
So the media never talks about the economy? They talk about this vaccine more? Doubt it.

"It would only develop into cancer if you left it to get worse for years and ignored all the symtoms!"

Most HPV infections are asymptomatic. 

"if you do one click of research about you will find, has extremely little relevance, and essentially, will make no difference, in my opinion anyway."

I did one click of research.  I went to the Center for Disease Control website. 

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5602a1.htm

"High-risk HPV types are detected in 99% of cervical cancers
(6); approximately 70% of cervical cancers worldwide are caused by types
16 and 18 (7)."

"During 2007, an estimated 11,100 new cases will be diagnosed and approximately 3,700 women will die from cervical cancer." 

"The quadrivalent HPV vaccine has a high efficacy for prevention of vaccine HPV type HPV 6-, 11-, 16-, and 18-related persistent infection, vaccine type-related CIN, CIN 2/3, and external genital lesions (genital warts, VIN and VaIN) when analyses were restricted to participants who received all 3 doses of vaccine, had no protocol violations, and no evidence of infection with the relevant vaccine HPV type (seronegative and HPV PCR-negative through 1 month after dose (3)"

Here is a table of the efficacy study results: 

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5602a1.htm#tab3

Although I am anti-vaccine for the most part, I still believe that people should have the right to be informed on all choices and make the one best suited for them self. However, there are many ways that are much better for you (although they may not work for everyone). I would recommend this forum: http://healingwiseforum.com/

I personally believe that taking anything from medication to surgery should always be the last option. I'm not sure why people put more faith into pharmaceutical drugs than herbs.

It's strange that they're still bothering you to take it. Living in the UK, I had mine done a while ago, but I recall that at the time they discouraged anyone who's already had sex, or are over the age of 18 to have them. Reason for that is it's less effective in those conditions. So you see, it doesn't make sense for them still to be asking you to have it. Unless they've changed the no-sex/18+ thing.
I had mine either way - as there were no reported side effects, then I didn't see the harm in doing it. Each to their own though. I was just surprised they'd let me have it to be honest!