Don't, you know, try something different because, you know, that's going to be too risky. You know, you don't know what you might get. So even though you know what's been done in the past doesn't work, stick with it. I know that that's not how America's made progress.
Barack Obama critiques the idea of sticking with the past due to perceived risks, advocating for change instead.
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That then makes them more interested in appeals by folks who say, 'The reason you don't feel respected is because women have been doing this, or this group has been doing that.' And that is not a healthy place to be.
If you're not thinking about what's happening to boys and how they're being raised, that can actually hurt women.
I think it’s going to require a little bit less navel-gazing and a little less whining and being in fetal positions.
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