that's the main thing we need to add to the safety net that we have. >> brown: barbara perry, what do we know about what resonates with voters as we watch politicians talking about these issues. a lot of resentfulness towards the wealthy or still aspirational about getting out of the poverty and out of middle-class. >> you've hit the nail squarely on the head. that is indeed that people want aspirations and that has been the beauty of our system and our capitalistic system in this country for all of its history and that is the great american history that each generation thought it could do better than the last. in the university of virginia where i did a ph.d. where my parents because they came up in the gate debregs could not get beyond high school and their parents in turn who were very working class couldn't get beyond sixth or seventh grade education. i think that what we see now and what will resonate with people is that politicians talk to them about the fear of losing those aspirations of the great american dream and the possibility that is turning into the great american night

i'm melissa harris-perry and that was senator barbara boxer on friday reacting to the all-male panelttee on contraception. when i heard her sentiment, i went yeah, where are the women? why is it that as soon as we have a conversation about women, their bodies or their health, it's had by male religious leaders. let's play a little game, shall we? if i say to you, think of an apple, what pops into your head? i'll give you a moment to think about it. okay. did you pick number one. number two or this last one? time is up. i bet most of you chose the last one. that's okay. that's part of our scheme a. >> it's someone who relates to the events. if you have an apple product, you may have chosen the third one. this could apply to religion too and why people think of men as religious leaders. if i ask you to imagine god rather than an apple, most americans pick an old white man, a beard. the old white male picture pops into our heads even if we don't believe in god or if we don't believe god has race or gender. theologian carol chris says we take this image of god and apply it to religious i

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