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Until this crime looked and said thats not sexist, thats not part of it, that is part of why the police, as you said, the family tried to get help for elliot rodger and they walked away saying hes courteous, hes polite. part of it is because of this white masculinity and white privilege. >> entitlement. >> exactly. and part of it is because media have not given the warning signs to know. we need to change the systemic -- >> and the other -- the only one other thing i want to add in here is so i ...

Of the nra and yet part of what i thought was interesting, and you brought this to our attention, jonathan, its not just the nra in the sense of gun ownership, but you talk about it as the nra attaching guns to masculinity and reminded us of the bushmaster man card reissued. this sense of like this is what your masculinity and manhood is a part of. >> it struck me this week that in a way whats so problematic is not just the proliferation of guns, its the proliferation of a particular kind of mas...

Not ascribe to traditional notions of manhood, traditional notions of masculinity that makes these associations with maleness and violence. and i think a lot of men dont really have that space to speak out against that traditional notion of manhood because theres a tremendous risk when men speak out against it. >> okay. so i want to push and ask a little bit here. i wonder if part of the reason that men have a difficulty in hearing about the vulnerability, the sexual and physical vulnerability o...

Within their own racial category. so even as we are trying to do the work within, for example, racial justice, we often are very silent about the ways in which black mens violence vis-a-vis black womens bodies is also part of this story. >> and then we have melissa alexander being penalized for defending herself. thats part of this whole systemic problem. whether its masculinity or race privilege, we need to make these connections in a large kind of way. its why im happy were having this convers...

That we actually dont tell so as not to draw you all into additional violence on our behalf because thats the presumption of what manhood is. >> well, thats a very male response, right? responding violently in order to protect or reclaim your sense of loss of manhood or masculinity that you feel has been violated or disrespected, right? so yes, that does shut certain women down from sharing their stories because they dont want the violence or the trauma to continue. so, yes, that happens often. ...

Little complicated for them emotionally. >> yeah, the terminology is complicated i feel look men -- like men have lots of rights. >> i am with you. i understand it is nuanced. i think it is actually up to men to lead this discussion. and thats what i am really looking for ward to seeing in, the coming weeks. is how are men going to take this opportunity to lead this discussion about masculinity. you see films coming out. hopefully sometime this year, a film, called the mass yuk live -- mask you ...

Senate. >> it starts by creating spaces for me where we start addressing this, this very complicated construct of masculinity and genders in general. all genders that we have constructed. particularly in america. by starting to create a conversation space where men can also feel safe to discuss some of these difficult emotions. and the conversations i have had myth when in the following days after the shootings in talking about this rejection issue, and the difficulty that, that men face living ...

Little complicated for them emotionally. >> yeah, the terminology is complicated i feel look men hat -- like men have lots of rights. >> i am with you. i understand it is nuanced. i think it is actually up to men to lead this discussion. and thats what i am really looking for ward to seeing in, the coming weeks. is how are men going to take this opportunity to lead this discussion about masculinity. you see films coming out. hopefully sometime this year, a film, called the mass yuk live -- mask ...

Senate. >> it starts by creating spaces for me where we start addressing this, this very complicated construct of masculinity and genders in general. all genders that we have constructed. particularly in america. by starting to create a conversation space where men can also feel safe to discuss some of these difficult emotions. and the conversationize have had myth when in the following days after the shootings in talking about this rejection issue, and the difficulty that, that men face living ...

>> the alpha male is, as you said, he is the head macho guy, and everyone else is beta male. he gets all the ladies, looks a certain way. they even have if your jaw is a certain sharpness, it is very bizarre. >> theres a whole universe. a universe with language and abbreviations, acronyms, people are trading back and forth how to get women and why women are terrible in the same sentence. >> this is really a combination of mental health, gun culture, racism, misogyny, also most importantly, toxic...