Page 29 - Gender Issue News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Of a gender issue. that has to be addressed. i think when the umpire looks -- goes to bed and looks in the mirror, you kind of have to sort of follow the truth where it leads. in this case he was wrong. you don't always act on the letter of the law when you're dealing with somebody like serena williams. >> bill, i want to ask you about this being a catalytic moment. you're talking about the need to change these rules with regards to coaching, the penalties that were imposed on players for when they changed clothes. serena williams talked about this last night in the press conference. her prote...

That doesn't change if the perpetrator is our favorite activist, actress or professor of any gender. and we won't shift the culture unless we get serious about shifting the false narratives. this is complicated. this is not what the last year of #metoo has sort of prepared us to hear. >> it is a challenging situation when any charismatic personality in a social movement turns out to be a problem. the #metoo movement is more than about one personality. it's been beyond hollywood. it's been workers at a ford factory and waitresses in restaurants. it's a broader movement. this is a new wrinkle in...

>> rachel you write about this in politico. about how difficult it is for many republican women but some who don't really want to talk about it as a gender issue. by the way, happy >> three things, i would say. first reason it's difficult for female republicans, one is trump. as you talked about, if you come out and you blast him, like martha did in that clip, she had to do a total 180 because she was about to lose her seat. there were a lot of republicans in her district who were going to punish her for calling out the president for the "access hollywood" video. but if you're not strong enoug...

Last month, he tweeted a "new york times" article about trump's lawyer discussing pardons for who ex-aides. george conway's comment, this is flabbergasting. what's going on here? >> kellyanne conway is a professional. she stands on her own. she's entitled to her own career. i know she came at our dana bash really hard when dana asked her about this. it's news worthy. to have someone's husband undermining their boss, it would be news worthy obviously if melania trump did it. it's not about male/female. if mike pence's wife did this -- >> how about kirstjen nielson's husband. it shouldn't be a g...

How we do these things, that's all a net positive for us. i don't think this is a gender issue whatsoever. i think if it was -- there were concerns about mike pompeo because he was a fan of interrogation techniques and we all remember general matta saying i do better with a six-pack in a pack of cigarette cigarettes. i think we do need to move it back from the partisan side of this and talk about the real issue here. >> katie: i want to bring it back to 9/11 because the work that gina haspel has dedicated her life too is about keeping america safe and she has now been praised by people in posi...