Excuses, excuses.

I've been interested in Women's Issues ever since I did a research paper in my freshman year over sex trafficking. Just recently, I've had conversations with a few people about why I am so interested in Gender studies. The automatic assumption is that I hate men. Of course, the assumption is stupid, but it's what people want to believe. Why do I care so much about Women's roles? It's because of the brutal treatment of women through acts like Sexual Assault, Rape, and Sex Trafficking.

Many people living in the United States are unaware that Sex Trafficking occurs in America other than in the case of Prostitution. People are simply blind to the fact that Sex Trafficking is a world-wide problem, and that includes the very cities that you live in.

Rape is a completely different issue. We live in a violent culture. It is because of this violent culture that rape is a more and more accepted term. I don't mean to say that people view rape as "okay." I only mean that people are more commonly accepting the fact that rape "just happens." More and more, Women are getting blamed for being raped because of their background or for "letting" themselves getting into situations where they were raped. Excuses, excuses. Rape is not okay, whether the woman is conscious or not. This issue is really important to me, so a new post on this will be coming soon!