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Hate the ad. i think that we -- toxic masculinity is tied so closely to masculinity itself that when you discuss toxic masculinity men feel like theyre being attacked and we as a whole culture, as a whole society have to grapple with how we are teaching men to deal with their physiology and their chemistry. testosterone is a real thing, right? and people all over the world exploit that in young men, right? thats why we send them fight because their threat responses are low and their aggression i...

Come out with a poster, that simply says, dont rape, period, end of story. we dont see any kind of messages like that. >> that was the head of the servicewomens action network in april. there is movement on capitol hill on an issue we here at the cycle have been following closely, rape in the military. congress is now considering a change in the military justice system that would give sexual assault victims more resources and limit the power of military commanders to overturn convictions of offe...

12 . >> i think its not about war, its about an act of crime. i dont think that you can train adults to have morals and values in that way. if they dont have them in place. i think you can prosecute people who have an atmosphere where rape and assault is okay. in the military, you can prosecute them and make sure that they are put out of the military and absolutely put them on a registry that can be tracked. but to say it has to do with war hardened, weve had wars with -- there are people who se...

Week about rape on college campuses. and how there is just this complacency around it. and some people think that it is greek life that is responsible or safety precautions or complain the university not taking it seriously enough. i know you couldnt pinpoint one reason why this happens if there were one reason we would fix that one reason. if you could locate one sort of main influence, why rape in the military happens, what would that be? >> well, there are some parallels unfortunately with th...

An important topic next segment. we are going to look at a policy dilemma which is addressing rape in the military and find out what the new secretary of defense plans to do about it. hey. yo. whassup. guten tag. greetings earthlings. how you doin? hola. sup. yello. howdy. whats crackalackin? it is great we express ourselves differently. if we were all the same, life would be boring. so get to know people who arent like you. youll appreciate what makes us different. the more you know.

The convicted rapist was, quote, a doting father and husband. yes, that really happened. victims rights advocates argue the move isnt nearly enough to combat the problem. according to the d.o.d. where there were an estimated 19,000 sexual assaults in 2010 and only 13% were reported. joining us in the guest spot now, the executive director and co-founder of service womens action network. she is a former marine captain and has testified before congress and advised the white house on the challenges...

Violence, you have no access to civil remedies. you have no access to sue your employer. in a civilian world where these crimes and workplace harassment happens every day to women and men in the civilian world, they have access to hold their employer liable for negligence. service members have no shot at that. the legal doctrine which is binding service members right now, it goes back 60 years. it is completely obsolete. even justice scalia has remarked that it has no place anymore in the law. a...

>> it was a laughing matter. >> he said youre the third girl to report rape this week. are you guys all in cahoots? do you think this is a game? >> so lay out the bigger problem as you see it. how much is hagels move going to get at the root of that problem? >> secretary hagels proposal really scratches the surface. he is dealing with what we would call the back end of the trial process. as you heard from a lot of the survivors in that film, the invisible war, were not dealing with the front end...

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