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Hate the ad. i think that we -- toxic masculinity is tied so closely to masculinity itself that when you discuss toxic masculinity men feel like they're being attacked and we as a whole culture, as a whole society have to grapple with how we are teaching men to deal with their physiology and their chemistry. testosterone is a real thing, right? and people all over the world exploit that in young men, right? that's why we send them fight because their threat responses are low and their aggression is high and we valorize this idea of this aggression that appears in this ad. >> do you like the ad...

Come out with a poster, that simply says, don't rape, period, end of story. we don't see any kind of messages like that. >> that was the head of the servicewomen's action network in april. there is movement on capitol hill on an issue we here at the cycle have been following closely, rape in the military. congress is now considering a change in the military justice system that would give sexual assault victims more resources and limit the power of military commanders to overturn convictions of offenders. a bill is expected on the senate floor this month. the development comes as new pentagon f...

12 . >> i think it's not about war, it's about an act of crime. i don't think that you can train adults to have morals and values in that way. if they don't have them in place. i think you can prosecute people who have an atmosphere where rape and assault is okay. in the military, you can prosecute them and make sure that they are put out of the military and absolutely put them on a registry that can be tracked. but to say it has to do with war hardened, we've had wars with -- there are people who serve honorably who don't rape. so i don't necessarily believe that's the only problem. and i don...

Week about rape on college campuses. and how there is just this complacency around it. and some people think that it is greek life that is responsible or safety precautions or complain the university not taking it seriously enough. i know you couldn't pinpoint one reason why this happens if there were one reason we would fix that one reason. if you could locate one sort of main influence, why rape in the military happens, what would that be? >> well, there are some parallels unfortunately with the civilian system which is that victim blaming is absolutely part and parcel of military culture. v...