So Monica Lewinsky is cashing in

[iemanja]

144. What culpability?

She had sex with a married man. Do you consider all women who have done that culpable? Should they be pilloried in public, made the butt of jokes for decades? The very use of that term indicates that you see her as culpable in Bill Clinton's impeachment. He bears responsibility for the actions that led to that, not Monica. He knew the Republicans were out to get him. He knew they were watching him, yet he behaved grossly irresponsibly anyway. I could care less than he had affairs. I care that he so readily played into the Republicans hands. Monica didn't make him do that.

I'm not saying she's a victim, but the efforts to continually belittle her are entirely about shifting blame on her for Clinton's actions. I'm offended on my own behalf. Casting women as the evil eve is as old and misogynist as the bible itself. Women don't need to be pure {"who don't welcome any of this"} to merit respect.

I don't follow her on twitter and could care less what jokes she retweets here. I'm less concerned about her per se than the misogyny revealed in discourse about her. This thread sits alongside all of those vilifying the women who accused Cuomo. Monica's relationship was consensual, but the scapegoating of Monica serves the same purpose that it did for those who sought to deflect blame against Cuomo; it's a step in the maintenance of male supremacy.