How do you feel about this?

Hi there. This is my first blog, and I hope people actually care to read it. I have a few interesting questions:

1. Have you ever experienced sexism at any degree (whether you are a man or woman or other)?
2. Have you ever been paid more or less because of sexism (whether you are a man or woman or other)?
3. Have you ever been catcalled (whether you are a man or woman or other)?
4. Do you, or someone you know, know of anyone who has been raped (whether you -or the person- are a man or woman or other)?
5. Have you ever been raped (whether you are a man or woman or other)?
6. What did you endure because of your rape (whether you are a man or woman or other)?
7. Have you ever been harassed sexually or physically (whether you are a man or woman or other)?
8. Have you ever experienced domestic abuse (whether you are a man or woman or other)?
9. If you have been a victim of any of these, have you ever experienced blame on your part (whether you are a man or woman or other)? 

I think these are questions people should think about more than we normally do. I will cover them as I go on with this blog. 

Here is something interesting to read on what it feels like (as a woman/girl) to be raped:

"On Rape Culture

Gentlemen. This is what rape culture is like:

Imagine you have a Rolex watch. Nice fancy Rolex, you bought it because you like the way it looks and you wanted to treat yourself. And then you get beaten and mugged and your Rolex is stolen. So you go to the police. Only, instead of investigating the crime, the police want to know why you were wearing a Rolex instead of a regular watch. Have you ever given a Rolex to anyone else? Is it possible you wanted to be mugged? Why didn’t you wear long sleeves to cover up the Rolex if you didn’t want to be mugged?

And then after that, everywhere you go, there are constant jokes about stealing your Rolex. People you don’t even know whistle at your Rolex and make jokes about cutting your hand off to get it. The media doesn’t help either; it portrays people who wear Rolexes as flamboyant assholes who secretly just want someone to come along and take that Rolex off their hands. When damn, all you wanted was to wear a nice watch without getting harassed for it. When you complain that you are starting to feel unsafe, people laugh you off and say that you are too uptight. Never mind you got violently attacked for the crime of wearing a friggin time piece.

Imagining all that? It sucks, doesn’t it.

Now imagine you could never take the Rolex off."

Source: http://legendary-piece-of-fic.tumblr.com/post/39391943332/on-rape-culture

If you thought this post was interesting, please leave comments! If it's offensive to you, PLEASE LEAVE COMMENTS!!! (I would like to correct anything in any of my posts, if it IS offensive.) If you would like to talk about any of these issues, PLEASE COMMENT! I want to know that I am not alone and that people care about these issues, because as we know, they are an epidemic in society! Or do we?