And it’s actually systemic misogyny, because it was Monica Lewinsky who suffered a huge trauma in front of the whole world and could not be heard for many years. President Bill Clinton did not suffer for this. It is true that for a while it was likely that he would lose his office through impeachment brought by the House of Representatives in 1999. However, the Senate acquitted him. Bill Clinton calmly completed his second term in 2001. Even his wife, Hillary Clinton, forgave him for his betrayal.
Monika Lewinsky, on the other hand, was thrown into public opinion, and all the hate speech focused on her. In the context of the affair between Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky, which was shared by the whole world in the second half of the 1990s, one cannot ignore the issue of the power relationship and the fact that Bill Clinton – as the most powerful man in the world at that time – was in a privileged position from above.
Monika Lewinsky, on the other hand, had to deal with hatred and condemnation from the whole world. While Clinton’s image remained virtually unscathed, the lonely girl, then twenty-something, found herself in a tragic situation that made it impossible for her to further her career.
Monika Lewinsky: “Let’s use our voice”
That’s why it’s so important that her voice and story could be heard, although only many years later. Recently, 50-year-old Monika Lewinsky took part in the campaign of the fashion mother Reformation, cooperating with the Vote.org organization. The aim of the campaign is to encourage as many Americans as possible to vote. The mere fact that Monika Lewinsky appears as its ambassador is of great importance. It is an act of support for other women and inspiring them to – as she says – “use their voices”.
The idea is simple: let’s use our voice to be heard. It is a powerful weapon of democracy
– commented Lewinsky, quoted by Elle.com.
In one of the interviews from a few years ago, Monika Lewinsky talked about a traumatic event that in the 1990s left a mark on her entire life. She confessed that she had become “the most humiliated woman in the world.”
When I was 22, I fell in love with my supervisor. At the age of 24, I learned the devastating consequences of this. The culture of humiliation still persists, which is why we need a cultural revolution. We need a return to long-standing values such as compassion, mercy and empathy
– the woman recalled. She noted that today such abuse is called “cyberbullying.”
Shaming people online is easier, unstoppable and available all the time. Public shaming has become a “bloody discipline” and must end
– she said in 2015.
Let us recall that in the mid-1990s, the then 22-year-old American received a job as an intern in the White House. The young woman fell in love with her superior – Bill Clinton, the US president – who entered into an affair with her. She confided in her friend on the phone about her love for her boss and the moments they spent together. The case came to light in 1998, when investigators obtained over 20 hours of recordings of her conversations. Bill Clinton immediately denied everything. In his speech, he repeated: “I want to tell the American people one thing. (…) I will say it again: I did not have sexual relations with this woman, Miss Lewinsky.”
Source: Gazeta
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