The controversial HPV shot. Was I deceived by a doctor?

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We all love our children. We"ll do just about anything for them, and to be honest, we often sacrifice a lot more then what they will ever understand. .that is, until they have children. More often than not, we are constantly taking them to the doctor's office for their regular shots, whether mandatory or not, to bles our kids with a happy, healthy life. With this said, we often put our trust in the doctor that our children meet. I mean, they do have our child's health in the palm of their hands, and moderately speaking, they did go to school for this practice, right? I am now in shock and anger to know that the doctor that was taking care of my child during our visit, talked me into giving my 12 year-old daughter a HPV shot. This wasn't mandatory, and after I gleamed at her mother bragging about my accomplishment of getting her shots, I myself was shot down when I said the statement,"Oh yeah, and she got a HPV shot too". HPV stands for Human Pappillomavirus. It's a virus that can cause anything from warts to cervical cancer. This virus is associated with sexually active people. In fact, through research of my own, I have learned that 90 percent of most cervical cancer is caused by this virus. I get that. I understand that this shot will someday somewhat protect her against a disease in which she isn't even capable of catching yet, much less, has. What I don't understand, is why a doctor would con me into getting a shot that IS NOT mandatory or to my liking when it comes to options. The doctor didn't ask me, she pitched a speech starting with, "Your child needs this shot also". I tend to forget that a lot of doctors are more prone to being salesmen then doctors. They don't treat as much as they push things onto us. Now I know better. With the other parents that I had to call, not one would take the shot, and a few were asked. I feel that I was conned. I even had one parent tell me that they pushed this on her son, and I was assuming this was targeted towards young females. Was this fair? Would you let your kid take the shot?