> Not to mention, wouldn't the oral cancers still show up in women if the power dynamic was as you say?

It did. It's just a much lower prevalence than cervix cancer so it was framed around preventing cervix cancer, but as that's largely gone away the focus has shifted to preventing throat cancer.

According to the article, there is a new epidemic, indicating a rise in rates. I'm asking why we didn't see it before. If it was there all along as you say, then is the article wrong for suggesting a rate increase?

I think you're massively underestimating the change in sex practices in the last 2 or 3 decades.