Why 6-Year-Old Girls Want to Be Sexy

[JDPriestly]

92. redqueen, it is not that I think that is great behavior. I've been married to the same

dear man for longer than most DUers have lived.

It is that, with all the experience I have had in life, I realize that marital compatibility and happiness is a wonderful gift and not a common blessing. So I don't judge the unlucky people who do crazy things trying to find some sort of substitute for the real thing.

Most of all, I got sick of the fact that the political conversation is constantly being controlled by people who "out" the sexual misbehavior of people who, aside from strange sex lives make good contributions to the political life of our times.

I suspect that sexual misbehavior among the rich and famous is far more common than we may believe and that certain individuals are selected for embarrassment based not really on their uniquely horrible personal behavior but on their political stances. I suppose the price that you pay for a messy divorce and the loss of family life is less for the rich and famous than for the rest of us. And someone selects which among the rich and famous will be "outed." Those unfortunates seem to have more in common in terms of their political views (mostly slightly left-wing) than in terms of their conduct.

My point of view is supported by what happened in Congress during the period in which Clinton was being impeached. Remember how many of the prominent conservatives who were persecuting Clinton had to admit to even worse behavior? We don't know the half of what goes on, I suspect.

Of course, women are not perfect in their behavior either, but I do think we would have fewer stories of sexual depravity among politicians if we had more women who were successful in the field. I can't imagine Hillary Clinton or Barbara Boxer behaving so absurdly.

I suspect that powerful men face a lot of temptation. I cannot imagine what in the world makes it so easy for Gingrich to attract even one wife -- much less three. So, I just think that the whole emphasis on the sex lives of politicians doesn't tell us much other than that the men who get outed have enemies in the media.

All these sex scandals are just a waste of time. If I were the wife or child of one of these men, then I would have to deal with it, but if the wives and children can't deal with these men, then I feel it is none of my business.

Anyway, I raised two daughters and didn't have this problem. But then, my husband and I didn't have this problem either. I still think that little girls at five and six copy their moms. We did not allow our kids to watch TV or movies that were not appropriate to their ages. I remember suffering through many lurid Beverly Hills 90210 shows when my kids were teenagers because I did not want them watching that kind of junk without an adult present. At one point I found it so disgusting that I wrote a letter complaining to Fox.

But when it comes to politicians, I don't like the focus on the negative conduct of Democrats. I cannot believe that Democratic politicians are worse than Republican ones in this regard.