tony porter is here. the co--founder of a call to men very -- in the very dashing purple sweater. katherine eaton is here. author of "doing the best i fatherhood in the inner city" and michael stone brooke. the center forn the study of men and mass cue masculinities. you have write innocent shriver about mistake ain sums. there is an assumption there is whether they are fathers or husbands or maybe just fathers who don't want to sense of what it means to be a man and who are in anterested in being child's life or a woman's life. talk about that. >> i will start with some sense from which i speak. my research team and timothy mycoauthor and i spent seven years in communities across philadelphia and camden are talking about low income white, black and latino men. learned is counter to the stereo type which holds that babies,about sex, not and the minute they hear about the pregnancy they cut and run, the men we talked to were surprisingly and in fact interested in becoming fathers and not just embracestatus but to the role. of course, the tragedy is that conditions,economic mass inc

tony porter is the cofounder of the calls and is in a very dashing purple sweater. catherine eden is also here. she is the author of doing the best i can, fatherhood in the inner-city. michael is a professor at stony brook university who handed me some of what he is working on at the center for the study of men and masculinity. so, welcome to all of you. kathy, i want to start with you. you have written in the shriver report about mistaken assumption that too many men don't want to change the sense of what it means to be a man and who are not interested in being in a child's life or a woman's life. talk about that. >> me start with the data from which i speak. my research team and my co- author and i spent seven years in communities across philadelphia, so we are really talking about low income white, black, and latino men. we learned a counter stereotype to the notion that men do not want babies and the men and they find out about a pregnancy they cut and run -- the minute they find out about a pregnancy, they cut and run. what we found that men are very excited to

strong speakers, men and women including senator deliver and -- pelosi gillibrand, nancy , and tony porter. today we will have them all discussions and video presentations as we discussed public and private-sector practices intended to prevent american women from living on -- from achieving long-term security. we would like to ask you to turn off your cell phone. keep your questions short. we ask you follow us on twitter and asked westerns there. you can use #what women need. you will find a comment card, and we really welcome your feedback on today's program. i would like to welcome one of the leaders in creating the shriver report. just prior to being president, he served as ceo of. served in the obama and clinton administrations and work in think hank. for healthas advisor and human services, working on president obama's health reform team in the white house. she was named one of the most influential women in washington by a sister publication, national journal. we are delighted to be working with them. >> thank you for that kind introduction and for the partnership with atlantic. we ar

[applause] >> please welcome to the stage david gregory, catherine eden, michael kimmel and tony porter >> wow. good luck to us. just in case there is a question, that is not going to happen anymore here. i want to take a moment to address the furniture. apparently it is directly from the jetsons home. i want to make sure i am not sitting like that. ok, alright, fine, i am not going to compete. it is great to have you all and be here and great to be with maria. conversation,fic and we are going to continue that conversation and talk about what about the man? where our man in this conversation about women on the brink, what women need, what kind of partnerships they need in understanding men. more from my far eight-year-old daughter about what it means to be a man. me all boys do is burp and fark and they don't shower and they smell and they are selfish. i said honey, we really shouldn't judge. but i will stop it when i think you've made a grievous mistake. but it gets to something about are not just men that, we hope, god willing. when we become men we think about what it means to be a

speakers, men and women including senator kirsten gillibrand, democratic leader nancy pelosi, and tony porteross today will be keynote interviews, panel discussions and video presentations as we discussed public and private specter practices that are intended to prevent american women from living on the economic edge and allowing them to achieve long-term financial security. a few housekeeping remarks before we get things underway. says where light string would ask to please silent yourself over to be some opportunity for q&a across the day. if you're interested in posing a question please raise your hand. we will bring a microphone to you. keep your questions short and questions. we asked you follow along with us on twitter and offer your comments there. you can follow at shriver report and use the hashtag what women need. you will find a comment card on your seat and we would really welcome your feedback on today's program. with all that said i would like to welcome to the stage the president of the center for american progress and was one of the leaders in creating "the shriver report." ju