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Suit because she should have found out about it earlier when she had no way of finding out about it. so we fixed that. that is an example of the kind of advocacy we need because women are increasingly the bread winners in the family. >> we took a concerted effort to go out and find women who had backgrounds that could be qualified to become members of our cabinet. jon: let's talk about it with a.b. stoddard. she is associate editor of "the hill." i didn't know, a. about, how left out i was until i read the article in the hill today, said these two candidates mentioned women 30 times during the...

I am concerned about them being stripped away. we fought so hard to get them and i don't want to go backwards. barack obama supports women's rights. >> women are a huge part of this country. we are the bread winners in a lot of homes. we can't have a slick guy coming into office who based on his beliefs doesn't even believe women should work. >> is romney slick? >> no. >> is romney anti-woman this. >> you can have the final comment right there. >> i can't think of anytime or any place i have seen mitt romney say we are going back to the stone ages and we will make abortion illegal. i don't kno...

Republicans as extreme on everything. >> when he came out and it turned out he wasn't this really evil guy and he actually did to seem sort of care about them, they were able to look at him as an actual alternative. i think they over demonized him. >> in their second debate, the president focused on his successful effort to pass legislation giving women more opportunity to sue over unequal pay. >> that's the kind of advocacy we need because women are increasingly the bread winners in the family. >> reporter: while romney touted his hiring record as governor of massachusetts. >> i was proud of ...

We get that a lot. when are you going to have kids? i just tell people that i have a medical condition that i can't. >> stop. >> peter is like, oh, my gosh. it feels like i want these things to coexist. i want heterosexual marriage to coexist with equality and gay marriage. i want primary bread winners -- multiplicity ways to be male. >> the 21st secentury mod ems. things are changing and our views about normative behavior are different now than they were a few years ago. i think the points that allison made about childless couples and i think the points that you have made about the heterosexu...

Another job. >> and then he got laid off a second time and that was completely devastating. >> devastating but not unique. in the year 2009 unemployment for men hit an all-time high of 11.2%. stories lacunares are common. she wrote a book which talks about today's new breed of bread winners. >> we could be looking at a society where among mothers a majority of mothers are supporting households. when you look around you can see the trends. everybody has it in their circle of friends amongst colleague hes and people they know and certainly the changes in the economy are becoming apparent everywh...