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>> boy i have heard that one before. and lastly, tom, you believe women are better at consensus building and compromising. >> yes. >> you are trying to apologize to your wife forking for something, right? >> you are in a fight with your wife and this is your way of apologizing. >> all right. doesn't it validate my point. >> i would like to invalidate your point. i don't even know what that means. >> on that high note. >> are you high? >> why do bunnies hot? strange cat. is the government listening to your conversations on the bus? i don't care. i commute on the back ever a man service.

Isn't it sexist to say women are different from men? >> it is fine to be sexist, but i disagree with you, greg. >> you do? >> i believe women are more skilled at consensus building. they are better at negotiation which is why they are bad politicians. they stink at it. i don't want people going around and holding hands and making up. i want them to fight. that's why i elect a politician to go in and fight for what i want. i don't want consensus. >> what you want is someone who can maneuver their way in a friendly way and still get what you want, but still make the other guy feel like he won so...

The kind of consumer demand that will then cause the private sector to really start staffing up in a way that we need them to staff up to have full employment. but that should be the goal. full employment. >> terry, going back to the fiscal slope negotiations, there's basically no women really involved in the high level negotiations. nancy pelosi is sort of a side player as she was in the debt ceiling negotiations. research has shown that female legislators attract more co-sponsors for their bills, indicating they're better at consensus building. other research also shows in business and in th...

But not ever compromising principles. >> senator lincoln, one of the first things i heard -- and maybe it's a stereotype -- but it's that women are better at compromise. they know how to get things done. do you think this is going to change how legislation, for example, is prioritized and how it gets worked through? >> i think what women are really good at is building consensus and delegating what needs to get done. i think that's important. in terms of compromising, i think it's really more consensus building. it was a privilege to serve with kay. she was a wonderful member from texas and did...

Allowed to work. now there's an argument being made that the shoe other foot, that women and traditionally sort of feminine characteristics, things like consensus building, working cooperatively, they actually have an advantage in the modern workforce. is that a thesis you agree with? >> i do agree with that. i think the fact we're moving away from a manufacturing economy and it's much more technologically based, service based, a lot of those traditionally feminized traits are important, they're vital to that kind of system. i think it serves men now to first stop gendering those different tra...