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Ptsd among women vets. so huge long term health care issues as well will. >> i think there are two deeply embedded issues here. one of them being in military culture. there is not enough women high up in the chain of command to create policies and to put people in place to guard against the sort of thing. if you had more women general whos could have a say on this issue, they would say we shouldnt be reporting to our commanding officers who have all these reasons to not want to see this through....

A movement from that blackmail place to a place where im too proud. you cant blackmail me. and then the rest of the culture following that, i think, is important. >> i want to ask you specifically about this point that wade made around masculinity in sports. what that does is it ends up inverting what goes on with women come og out. brittany came out earlier. the less attention maybe when women come out. i know you have a connection with the wnba when it was first launching. talk to me about how...

Matter. >> it matters a lot. you know, i try to reframe the whole idea of coming out to the idea of inviting in. if someone comes over to your house and you invite them in and when you actually tell your own story in your own words, youre allowed to share with them your struggles, your pain and your joy of actually being able to live in your true honestly. one of the big jobs that jason has is to redefine ideas of masculinity. he and myself have certain privileges that we can enter and go in spa...

Give. and i have to believe in the nba, there is a team that needs someone who is seven feet tall who can give you six hard fouls. and fills that role sflfl the president is not seven feet tall but he looked it when he came running back to the podium today because it was so important to make the point that he wanted to support this. pep sports are central in an american life so this is significant. on the nfl point, is part of the issue here that people think of these sports as representing a so...

Favorite to win that seat. still hard to believe, but the republican party even has said, fine, were not going to get on board behind this guy. its just been a tremendous boone to our line of work. i mean, even, you know, tresp s trespassing at the ex-wifes house. it doesnt get a lot better than this. i wish this election could go on forever. >> it could get better. he should have thrown his voice and done a little voice for the cardboard box. that would have been awesome. >> this is a man so co...

Publicly. whether we think it is right or wrong, do you think he has a point? >> i thought he had a point with -- when i thought he was saying it would be hard for them to be accepted in the rap world. and then when he went to the masculine thing, thats when he lost me because i think it is very funny that were saying a gay rapper wouldnt be masculine enough when we have, you know, rappers jumping around on stage like 3-year-olds who just finished a lollipop. to say thats masculine which means t...

And if they sexually humiliate young girls, absolutely nothing will happen to them. if theres anything we can learn, it is the fact that people need to learn from consent is, what stanley impairment is, intervene in a cultural of masculinity. >> speaking about the toxic culture of masculinity, you of course spent a great deal of time away from the clamor trying to educate young women and young men about these issues. the mother of the victim actually delivered a statement in court to the defenda...

Toaster strudels into guns. is that what they are doing? it is insanity to punish them for this. >> how screwed up is it we need legislation to deal with something this stupid? we do we have to tell teachers and administrators that a gun made out of a pastry is evil. >> it never looks like a gun because it is a pop tart. it looks like a pop tart and they dont resemble weapons. at least they didnt in my day. i like the provision about this though. it will actually punish the teachers. the kids wi...

This case of a football team. its the culture of masculinity. its the culture of men. we are raised in a culture that says women and girls are less than. its the whole charge between guys, you run like a girl. you throw like a girl. it seems like an innocent statement at two ages. one, it creates a sense of masculinity, a very narrow understanding of masculinity. a broader sense of what it means to be a man. it says women and girls are less than. whether its in the culture of sports or a lot of ...

It is insanity to punish them for this. >> how screwed up is it we need legislation to deal with something this stupid? we do we have to tell teachers and administrators that a gun made out of a pastry is evil. >> it never looks like a gun because it is a pop tart. it looks like a pop tart and they dont resemble weapons. at least they didnt in my day. i like the provision about this though. it will actually punish the teachers. the kids will not bankrupt the country one municipality at a time. >...