WE HAVE TO AS A COUNTRY HAVE TO START FINDING WAYS TO TURN OUR
START FINDING WAYS TO TURN OUR BOYS INTO HEALTHY STRONG MEN WHO
BOYS INTO HEALTHY STRONG MEN WHO DO NOT HATE.
DO NOT HATE. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN, THE ME TOO
VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN, THE ME TOO MOVEMENT HAS FORCED A RECKONING.
MOVEMENT HAS FORCED A RECKONING. ARE THERE SPECIFIC ISSUES YOU
ARE THERE SPECIFIC ISSUES YOU WOULD TAKE EARLY IN YOUR
WOULD TAKE EARLY IN YOUR ADMINISTRATION TO ADDRESS THIS
ADMINISTRATION TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM?
PROBLEM? >> YES, AND BY THE WAY IT’S ONE
>> YES, AND BY THE WAY IT’S ONE OF THE REASONS -- THE FIRST
OF THE REASONS -- THE FIRST THING I WOULD DO IS MAKE SURE WE
THING I WOULD DO IS MAKE SURE WE PASS THE VIOLENCE -- IN FACT I
PASS THE VIOLENCE -- IN FACT I DIDN’T WRITE THE
DIDN’T WRITE THE RE-AUTHORIZATION.
RE-AUTHORIZATION. I WROTE THE REGIONAL ACT.
I WROTE THE REGIONAL ACT. WE IN FACT HAVE TO FUNDAMENTALLY
WE IN FACT HAVE TO FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE THE CULTURE, THE CULTURE
CHANGE THE CULTURE, THE CULTURE OF HOW WOMEN ARE TREATED.
OF HOW WOMEN ARE TREATED. THAT’S WHY AS VICE PRESIDENT I
THAT’S WHY AS VICE PRESIDENT I COULD ASK TO START THE MOVEMENT
COULD ASK TO START THE MOVEMENT ON THE COLLEGE CAMPUSES TO SAY
ON THE COLLEGE CAMPUSES TO SAY IT’S ON US.
IT’S ON US. IT’S EVERYONE’S RESPONSIBILITY.
IT’S EVERYONE’S RESPONSIBILITY. WE DO NOT SPEND NEARLY ENOUGH
WE DO NOT SPEND NEARLY ENOUGH TIME -- I WAS STUNNED THEY TOLD
TIME -- I WAS STUNNED THEY TOLD ME 30,000 PEOPLE WERE ON THE
ME 30,000 PEOPLE WERE ON THE CALL, YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN 15
CALL, YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN 15 AND 25 AND FOUND OUT I SAID WHAT
AND 25 AND FOUND OUT I SAID WHAT DO YOU NEED TO MAKE YOU SAFER ON
DO YOU NEED TO MAKE YOU SAFER ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES ON YOUR
COLLEGE CAMPUSES ON YOUR SCHOOLS?
SCHOOLS? YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAID, GET MEN
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAID, GET MEN INVOLVED, ENGAGE THE REST OF THE
INVOLVED, ENGAGE THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY. AND THAT’S WHEN WE STARTED THIS
AND THAT’S WHEN WE STARTED THIS MOVEMENT ON THE COLLEGE CAMPUS
MOVEMENT ON THE COLLEGE CAMPUS TO FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE THE
TO FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE THE CULTURE.
CULTURE. NO MAN HAS A RIGHT TO RAISE A
NO MAN HAS A RIGHT TO RAISE A HAND TO A WOMAN IN ANGER OTHER
HAND TO A WOMAN IN ANGER OTHER THAN IN SELF-DEFENSE, AND THAT’S
THAN IN SELF-DEFENSE, AND THAT’S RARELY EVER OCCURS.
RARELY EVER OCCURS. SO WE HAVE TO JUST CHANGE THE
SO WE HAVE TO JUST CHANGE THE CULTURE, PERIOD, AND KEEP
CULTURE, PERIOD, AND KEEP PUNCHING AT IT AND PUNCHING AT
PUNCHING AT IT AND PUNCHING AT IT.
IT. NO, I REALLY MEAN IT.
NO, I REALLY MEAN IT. IT’S A GIGANTIC ISSUE, AND WE
IT’S A GIGANTIC ISSUE, AND WE HAVE TO MAKE IT CLEAR FROM THE
HAVE TO MAKE IT CLEAR FROM THE TOP, FROM THE PRESIDENT ON DOWN
