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Workplace. jesse: just by being a jerk and offensive and imposing my will and other people? >> yes or even negotiating that in position on other people. they had to stroke my ego or behave a certain way to get ahead. jesse: okay so, white masculinity, is now a problem -- there is a downfall among white males? how so? >> im not saying theres a downfall. i do not think there is a loss of power all the men are lamenting the loss of power. jesse: how are we doing that? >> wisconsin idea. even some o...

Superior? >> no, actually not. i bet i can beat you in any physical competition. >> how much can you benchpress? >> more than you. jesse: across the country toxic masculinity courses are taking colleges bystorm. now the new school in new york will be holding a class called male melancholia . it focuses on the fall of white masculinity. a professor of film and gender studies who teaches the course, she joins me now. okay professor. what is toxic masculinity first of all? >> oh say their different...

Come. he did that change can come or it wont. but what had needs to happen is that when men start doing some the work and interrogation around masculinity as opposed all these other special interest groups. jesse: must take it step-by-step. it white man. what do i need to address internally about my white male? >> i would say what kind of privileges have i inherited because of my whiteness and masculinity? jesse: white privilege. >> white privilege but also masculinity. and we all have to ask th...

Workplace. jesse: just by being a jerk and offensive and imposing my will and other people? >> yes or even negotiating that in position on other people. they had to stroke my ego or behave a certain way to get ahead. jesse: okay so, white masculinity, is now a problem -- there is a downfall among white males? how so? >> im not saying theres a downfall. i do not think there is a loss of power all the men are lamenting the loss of power. jesse: how are we doing that? >> wisconsin idea. even some o...

Superior? >> no, actually not. i bet i can beat you in any physical competition. >> how much can you benchpress? >> more than you. jesse: across the country toxic masculinity courses are taking colleges bystorm. now the new school in new york will be holding a class called male melancholia . it focuses on the fall of white masculinity. a professor of film and gender studies who teaches the course, she joins me now. okay professor. what is toxic masculinity first of all? >> oh say their different...

What really needs to happen -- spew welcome the present just say i want to go back to the 80s? where the economy was roaring and we were doing great. couldnt that be what he is saying? >> either way it is self referential. jesse: not we can go back when everything was great? >> i think its a patriarchy that no one questions. jesse: is he saying there was a patriarchy that no one questioned? >> i think there isnt any debate anymore whether it is real. i think even the disbelievers now believers. ...

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What really needs to happen -- spew welcome the present just say i want to go back to the 80s? where the economy was roaring and we were doing great. couldnt that be what he is saying? >> either way it is self referential. jesse: not we can go back when everything was great? >> i think its a patriarchy that no one questions. jesse: is he saying there was a patriarchy that no one questioned? >> i think there isnt any debate anymore whether it is real. i think even the disbelievers now believers. ...

Superior? >> no, actually not. i bet i can beat you in any physical competition. >> how much can you benchpress? >> more than you. jesse: across the country toxic masculinity courses are taking colleges bystorm. now the new school in new york will be holding a class called male melancholia . it focuses on the fall of white masculinity. a professor of film and gender studies who teaches the course, she joins me now. okay professor. what is toxic masculinity first of all? >> oh say their different...

I mean etymologically, it means at this point which change must come. he did that change can come or it wont. but what had needs to happen is that when men start doing some the work and interrogation around masculinity as opposed all these other special interest groups. jesse: must take it step-by-step. it white man. what do i need to address internally about my white male? >> i would say what kind of privileges have i inherited because of my whiteness and masculinity? jesse: white privilege. >>...