I jump to this one a lot because it's the first major political issue I was old enough to understand at the time it happened, so it sticks out in my head.
Honestly, I think Hillary would have been painted as a slut, and terrible person for having done that to such a powerful, accomplished man.
A lot of reactions I observed regarding Bill consisted of shoulder shrugging and some heads shaking. I mean, men are driven by sex, right? It was wrong of him to violate his marriage, but come on, he's not the first president to have an affair. You know he's just a man, and in that position of authority who could blame him?
I could, for starters. I definitely think when it comes to cheating that women get the short end of the stick. Some of this probably comes from an innate fear of raising a child not of your own lineage, which I'll let fly. However, a lot of the attitude when it comes to affairs is painted as ungrateful in women, but simply weakness in men, like they couldn't help themselves in the face of temptation.
That, my friends, is a double standard.
It's wrong on both sides of the slice, and for the exact same reasons - they were unfaithful.
Let's get rid of this whole archaic concept that men are just primal creatures with no self control, and hold both genders to the same standard of responsibility for these actions.
Furthermore, when people have marital issues and affairs, it's rarely just a sexual issue, and runs way deeper on an emotional level. How about we not publicize these damaged unions, and let the couple sort themselves out? It's their agreement to each other anyway, which makes them responsible to each other, not us, the public.
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