MONICA LEWINSKY: TED TALKS The story of Monica Lewinsky is synonymous with the presidency and subsequent impeachment of President Bill Clinton by the house of Assembly on December 19, 1998. However, the story is also a cursory tale about the impact of social media in our society. In this sincere, very somber reflective narrative, Monica details the part social media played in the saga and its destructive effects on her life. She narrates the effect of the saga on her life, how she contemplated suicide
The Scarlet Letter and the Monica Lewinsky Scandal are stories about mistakes and their repercussions. In both stories, we focus on women having an affair with a man and the backlash that is received for doing so, but we also are asked whether the punishment they receive is necessary. The women are destroyed by what transpires and so, and so we must find a solution to these problems. Monica Lewinsky and Hester Prynne follow two very similar story lines. Both had affairs with very prominent men.
having the power to post anything they feel at no cost. One of the biggest scandals in history between former President Bill Clinton and his assistant during the time, Monica Lewinsky serves as a prominent example as to how negative and shameful comments from users on social media can consume and disturb a person. Monica Lewinsky further explains how the media impacted her public identity in a recent TED talk,“I came to realize that there were two
Clinton and his intern Monica Lewinsky is one of the most well known scandals in United States history. This scandal that took place from 1995 to 1997 had at least 10 sexual encounters involving Clinton and Lewinsky. This series of encounters, along with other things led to President Clinton being impeached. There were a few people who were involved. One of the most important people is Bill Clinton. He was the 42nd president of the United States. The next individual is Monica Lewinsky, who was an intern
Letter. They hoped that the sinner would show God their mercy. Now, in the 21st century, public shaming is still taking full effect because of social media, such as Instagram and Facebook. The victims that could not escape public shame are Monica Lewinsky, Justine Sacco, and Hester Prynne. If kids like Tyler Clementi get shamed to death then public shaming is getting dire because the consequences impact a person socially, professionally, and personally. First, public shame affects people socially
the American people. This Democratic politician would have his two terms in office defined by self-inflicted shameful events. Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsky would go down as one of the most talked about scandals known to man. Monica Lewinsky, at the age of 21, began an internship at the White House, in July of 1995. After just four months
Literature Review: The Lewinsky Scandal, 1998 For the past few centuries, political scandals have become a permanent fixture in US politics. Most recently, when we think of scandals in American politics the 1998 Clinton-Lewinsky Affair comes to mind. Though unlike its predecessors this scandal was not one of constitutional crises such as Nixon’s Watergate in the 1970s, but it instead concerned the extramarital affairs of the then incumbent president, William J. Clinton. Bill Clinton, as he is more
“Remember when what is now called publicity was called public shame and humiliation?” (P.J. O’Rourke). The act of public shaming has been around for centuries shifting from scaffold gatherings to hateful social media posts. This tradition being kept alive after all of this time is used purely for the profit of the shamer. With each post comes more agony and dread for the person being shamed and more enjoyment to the people shaming. This vicious cycle has not changed much from the onlookers at the
Power and Infidelity Some people tend to allow power to make them feel superior. According to Dr. Gary Lewandowski, chair of the Psychology Department at a University states that research indicated that people in power do tend to engage in infidelity. Sociology Professor Alan Foster also stated that once power is achieved, it’s taken as a right that you can do whatever it is you want to do-usually with those in a more subordinate position and those close to you”. Scandals such as this have
Women’s Movement Literature Essay During the waves of feminism many influential and significant movements that depicted the representation of women in a patronizing way. Whether it began in the 1970’s or the 1990’s these decades both held its own on the matters of oppression and the exploitation of women. Rape culture as well as women’s clothing options were twisted into making these decades some of the most influential for women of all times. From the way women were dressed, to celebrities standing