The list of the crestfallen: President Clinton, Governor Spitzer, Senator Ensign, Senator Edwards...no American should really be surprised by our culture's puritanical heritage whelming up to condemn politico heavy hitters when they transgress in their personal sexual mores. However we are a nation of contradictions and paradoxes. We prop up our politicians as demigods on a precarious pedestal while at the same time vilifying politicians as morally corrupt and joke about the crooks in congress. Likewise, we have a hyper-sexualized culture that by some estimates spends $3000 a second on pornography while we crucify mostly men for acting out on their libertine impulses. No doubt part of the job of being a public figure is intense scrutiny but to ruin careers, engender extremes of financial losses, or to carry around the antiquated scarlet letter on one's credentials seems to lack a fair amount of perspective and equanimity.
I don't think I've said anything revolutionary so far or something that millions of Americans would not agree with me upon. The grassroots political organization, Moveon.org was started precisely out of the counter outrage and fatigue Americans had with the crucifixion of President Clinton over his sexual transgression. The identically shameful narrative now haunts Mr. Woods imbroglio yet I couldn't be more bored by this non-news event. In this same vain, I propose we all collectively Move The Fuck On. Nothing to see here, people.
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