First Bill Clinton, then various Senators, now Tiger Woods. Is the sanctity of marriage no longer safe? Are we doomed to suffer the infidelities of public figures forever?
All I’ve got to say is that I’m glad that in Jefferson’s day it took longer for the press to get the word out. That, plus public sensibilites were such that such SCANDAL was only whispered about and NEVER spoken of when LADIES were present. Good lord…there would have been plotzing left and right!
Do we really need to know that men cheat on their wives? You don’t see women being outed in the press where their infidelities are concerned, do you? It’s not that we don’t cheat, but I guess it’s that it isn’t newsworthy when we do it.
Seriously, are men (as a gender) such paragons of virtue that when they falter (or fling themselves headlong) into infidelity it is the press’s sacred duty to report it (ad nauseum) to us all?
So, Tiger cheated. Clinton cheated, and we knew it when we elected him (which really makes us hypocrits). The guy down the street cheats on a regular basis – in broad daylight! I’m sure there are people at work who carry on in a shameful manner frequently, although I don’t have (and don’t want) personal knowledge of this.
Get over it, people. It’s not right, but the sky won’t fall because of it. Golf will still be played by men in socially questionable sport coats and plaid shorts. Politics will continue as usual. Although one has to wonder if some of the hanky panky was toned down, would more work get done on Capital Hill?
Really…get a grip.
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See, I kind of *like* watching people in the public eye crash and burn. What were they thinking? That they were invisible? Since I don’t watch tv, I can limit my exposure to the stories.
I particularly like reading about those espousing “family values” getting caught (sometimes literally) with their pants down. Hypocrites.
Re cheating women – I was trying to remember any such scandals and the only one that comes to mind is Billy Jean King. I think what sets men apart from women in these situations is somehow the police end up involved with the former.
Because back in Jefferson’s day women were regarded as the symbols of moral rightousness. They had the all powerful responsiblity of nurturing the young with moral goodness while their fathers slaved in the hard real world.