With the tragic incident of Brett Kavanaugh's swearing-in, one thing has been, made clear. For those of you who claim he did nothing wrong, I want you to look a female loved one in the face and tell her that you wouldn't believe her if she came to you and told you that she was sexually assaulted. Oh, you can't do it? Well, you had no problem believing a sexual assaulter, so what's the difference?

For those of you who didn't believe her. Ford solely because Kavanaugh is a Republican, that is just plain wrong. The Republican Party is the supposed party of "family values" but they are more concerned with transgender and gay people than the well-being of children.

For those who don't believe what they can't see, I have some statistics for you.

Every year, 321,500 people are raped. That's one every 98 seconds. That means by the time you're done reading this, at least 2 people have been raped.

9 out of 10 rape victims are female.

32,000 women get pregnant by their rapist every year. And in 31 states, those rapists can actually sue for custody. No states allow women to sue for child support from their rapist.

If those facts don't worry you, which they should, then you should know that the reason victims don't speak out against their accuser is probably because a) they're afraid no one will believe them, b) they don't have a support system or c) they can't even talk yet.

Sexual assault is one of the worst problems in our society, yet it has one of the least repercussions. Less than 6% off all rapists ever spend a day behind bars, if they are even found guilty. We talk of not wanting to ruin a man or boy's future by accusations, but yet we have no problem completely dismissing the women or girls that were attacked. We wonder why no one speaks up, yet with the Kavanaugh hearing, we told victims of sexual assault that we wouldn't believe them if they were attacked in the first place.

Instead of worrying about whether or not the accusation is false simply because the perpetrator was a man, worry about the fact that the female's life will forever be changed because we don't teach our sons how to respect women. There is a war on women, and it's time to start teaching boys about consent as early as you can.

If a dog can listen when its owner says no, then a male should be able to listen when a woman says no.