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Why now? i just cant pull the curtain any longer. okay? thats our bing pulse question on jenner. do you think his public transition helps the transcommunity? we invite you to vote. gina thanks for being with us for this discussion. very important for the transgender community. jenner says he indicates as a woman. were using male pronouns until he makes the final step. hes one of the most high profile people to come out as transgender. talk about the impact. who he is as a gold medallist as the e...

I was trying to impress everybody else. i found it actually very comforting to have this set of rules that athletics provide. it said do this do that this ball across that line. thats all you have to worry about. for me it was a way to kind of turn my brain off and not think about all these other complicated things that were really going on. >> i want to get into that because you think of the epitomy of masculinity. i watched. you watched. you told me at commercial break you were stunned. >> lik...

Pictures and details throughout the morning. now to more on bruce jenner and the transition from man to woman. he made the announcement during a two-hour interview putting rumors to rest about his changing appearance. miguel almaguer has the story. >> reporter: ending months of speculation, bruce jenner is breaking his silence confirming what many are suspected. >> my brain is much more female than it is male. its hard for people to understand that. but thats what my soul is. >> reporter: in a...

Announcement during a two-hour interview putting to rest rumors about his changing personal a appearance. miguel al mcguire has the story. >> reporter: ending months of speculation, bruce jenner is breaking his silence, confirming what many have suspected. >> my brain is much more female than it is male. its hard for people to understand that but thats what my soul is. >> reporter: in an interview with abc newss diane sawyer jenner says hes transgender transitioning to become a woman in the most...

Uh-oh. roll the tape. >> i think he is about to do something crazy. >> look, they are looking at us. >> oh, man. [ laughter ] >> whoa. >> i guess he didnt want his picture taken. you have got to ask them. you do have to ask nicely. straight from pot to gorillas, we are doing it all. 375 kajito. he had been asserting his masculinity with some of the other male gorillas in there. these people arrived at exactly the right or wrong time to witness this display. but it makes you feel a little better ...

To talk therapy. mine was talk therapy 101, group and a conversion camp in virginia. yes, my therapy was in four states and five years from ages 16 to 21. >> wow. >> and even though it was talk. i had to do certain things. so the belief is that the first steps in curing homosexuality is spend as much time as possible with men, spending at least time away from women. this is to make sure you dont pick up any feminine behaviors, keep women as the mysterious opposite sex while having healthy male b...

Is roxanne gray. im wondering what were seeing is a real life manifestation of the virtual violence that women experience online? >> absolutely. were seeing that there really are no boundaries that wont be crossed when it comes to women, their privacy and their bodies. its incredibly frustrating that yet another fraternity or yet another group of men has taken it upon themselves to do some sort of thing and then everyone acts surprised. theres nothing to be surprised about here. its really just ...

Work in higher education throughout the country. were learning how to better support women and victims, were getting compliant but really were not having the conversation of what does it mean to be a man, how do we deal with our masculinity and being beneficiaries of patriarchy and the implications on others in terms of our lack of responsibility around that. we also dont hold each other accountable. some of these fraternity rows on these campuses you have entire streets of fraternities. >> i we...

That people make plex sexual decisions. women often talk about college they experiment. men often experiment in college tooshgs but dont have the public space to talk about it because of how we think of masculinity. the overall point is that sexuality is complex and exists on a complex scale, and thats the conversation we need to have. we need to create a space for people to be able to do that without being stigmatized or marginalized, and according to ben carson demonized. he didnt say this was...

No matter how hard i discourage it. >> doesnt discourage it the doctors say. >> if a son jumps up behind the couch bang bayingng you are dead and she reprimands him. i love you i wish you werent into violent games. the result is boys who are looking to the internet and getting their ideas in masculinity from that. >> which is probably not a good thing given what is on the internet. to reduce the influence of sexist culture sweden bushes toy ads that are gender neutral. girls play with guns and b...