out there. >> the fact that we're having this conversation is fantastic in the first place. 100 years ago, women could not vote in the united states of america. tonight we're talking about is it mean girls, mean boys, everyone is mean in politics, that's part of the problem. >> i'm not sure we should be analyzing progress by gender representation. who cares what chromosomes you have. i care about what's between your ears. >> when you're talking about two centuries plus of american history in which you've never had a woman leader and until recently had never had an african-american president, it's something to care about. it's easy to not care about equal representation when your particular demographic has been well represented. >> it's what the supreme court said about affirmative action. 25 years from now, let's hope we don't need it, maybe they'll get rid of it. you should talk about it and pay attention. we're going to ask a question.