To: RetiredNow who wrote (45001 ) 11/14/2017 12:46:11 PM From: epicure Read Replies (1) | Respond to Bill's behavior with Monica didn't set a precedent- it outed what was already happening. There isn't a woman alive, who is out in the work world, who hasn't been groped, or more, by a boss. When I started hostessing in restaurants at 14 (in the 70's) my boss routinely groped my ass when I was at the counter. I'd move away, but eventually I had to go back to my station- and he groped everyone- waitresses, other hostesses- everyone (unless his wife was in the restaurant- then, magic!, he stopped groping.) Men didn't have to have any boundaries with their female employees, because we were pretty much at the mercy of our male bosses. Who do you complain to, and how do you ever get another job if you do? Clinton's affair with Monica actually helped the situation and changed the country for the better. Too many men just saw their female employees as a tail reserve- to be poached at will. Now we have a new problem. Men and women will have sex, and power attracts women (as Monica was attracted to Clinton) and money attracts women- as women will sell themselves for sex- look at Trump's "wives"- or any other attractive women married to rich, repulsive slugs. So how to balance that? If you've got a hot 20 something on your desk with her legs wide open, hot and willing, it's difficult for a man to see taking a bit of that as a "crime"- especially when the younger woman is eager and willing. I would argue he needs to say, "No," but it's asking a lot.
