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WOMAN: Burn the witch!
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NARRATOR: Political sex scandals
are best dished out...
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WOMAN: Another scandal
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for Italy's embattled
prime minister.
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NARRATOR: ...with a heaping
spoonful of hypocrisy.
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MAN: You find that the louder
someone shouts
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about sexual normality...
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MAN: I didn't send
the photograph, this hacker did.
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MAN: I am not gay.
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MAN: ...the more likely it is
they'll be exposed as a fraud.
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WOMAN: I love watching
a bad person fall.
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I love it.
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[wolf whistle]
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MAN: It's interesting,
it's titillating,
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and it's better them than us.
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WOMAN: Mrs. Robinson has
admitted to the affair
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with Mr. McCambley.
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MAN: A 59-year-old woman
with a 19-year-old guy?
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You couldn't make that up.
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MAN: Today, I'm announcing
my resignation from Congress.
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MAN: Yeah! Goodbye, pervert!
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DR. DREW PINSKY:
We don't like hypocrisy,
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that's someone
we're not gonna forgive.
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NARRATOR: Shameless hypocrisy.
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CROWD: Shame on you!
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NARRATOR: Theirs...
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NEWT GINGRICH:
There's no administration
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with less moral authority than
the Clinton-Gore Administration.
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NARRATOR: ...and ours.
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DAN SAVAGE: Half of America
is thinking,
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'I've gotten an oral sex from
someone who isn't my wife.'
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ANN COULTER: I do think
Monica Lewinsky
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was a victim in that.
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BILL CLINTON: You're dealing
with, in some ways,
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the most mysterious area
of human life.
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♪
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MARTY KLEIN: Sex scandals are
like a pressure valve,
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it's the opportunity to see
important people brought down.
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NARRATOR: What triggers
a major political sex scandal
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and rocks the foundations
of power
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varies widely across the globe.
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In many cultures, any taint
of marital infidelity
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can bring down a leader.
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RuRAOULPAUL CHARLES: Most
politicians are owned
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by Joe and Betty Beercan.
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They have to kowtow to them.
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If that politician revealed
himself for what he really is,
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that same person would not
have voted for him.
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NARRATOR: Yet in some
European countries,
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taking lovers is one
of the unwritten perks
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expected of those in power.
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CAROLINE HELDMAN: I think they
view US sex scandals as quaint.
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In many European countries,
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monogamy for politicians seems
like a pretty outdated concept.
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GIULIA SISSA: In a Catholic
political culture
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and religious culture,
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there is an expectation
of sinfulness,
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of the fact that
politics is erotic.
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There is that kind of thrill
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that goes with leadership,
with celebrity.
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KLEIN: Europeans do have
a different attitude
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about sexuality.
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You know what you call
a nude beach in Italy, right?
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It's called a beach.
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NARRATOR: Yet, even in Italy,
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there is sexual behavior that
crosses the line into scandal,
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and nobody has tested the limits
of the Italian tolerance for sex
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like Silvio Berlusconi.
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WOMAN: Another day,
another scandal
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for Italy's embattled
prime minister.
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VALENTINA MARTELLI:
Silvio Berlusconi was
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four-time prime minister
of Italy.
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During some of those terms,
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he was somehow involved
in a sex scandal
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which was called Bunga Bunga.
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NARRATOR: The exact origins and
meaning of the term Bunga Bunga
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are varied and obscure.
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But in 2010, Italians adopted it
to describe tales
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of highly sexualized
private parties.
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MAN: In what some Italians see
as a gloss on his image
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and others as a disgrace,
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various sex scandals involving
call girls and wild parties
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have been splashed across the
Italian and international media.
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NARRATOR: Bunga Bunga was widely
accepted as boys being boys.
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Then in January 2011,
Berlusconi was charged
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with having sex
with an underage girl,
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a criminal matter
according to Italian law.
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[speaking Italian]
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SILVIO BERLUSCONI [TRANSLATED]:
In the face of an accusation
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of this nature, I will react.
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I will explain exactly
what the situation is.
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I will still have
the Italians on my side.
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WOMAN: Throughout the scandal,
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Berlusconi has maintained
high approval ratings.
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But is this one step too far
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for Italy's notorious
prime minister?
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NARRATOR: Italians openly mock
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the men of
the Bunga Bunga parties
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who were said to have worn
pig masks as they caroused.
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MARTELLI: When the trial
started in 2011,
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people took the streets of Rome
to protest about that.
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Women were mad because
they were fed up
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of being treating as an object.
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They were angry of the fact,
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the association between
Berlusconi and girls
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was just sexuality.
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HELDMAN: Consensual
sexual scandals
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in most European countries
are pretty acceptable,
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but the Berlusconi scandal
crossed a line
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because he had sex with a minor.
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NARRATOR: In June 2013,
Berlusconi was declared guilty
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and sentenced to
seven years in prison.
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But he remained free
while the case was appealed,
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and one year later,
he was acquitted.
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MARTELLI: The judges found him
not guilty,
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because at that time,
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he could not officially note
the age of the girl,
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she could have lied.
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NARRATOR: Immense power often
shields the high and mighty
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from the legal fallout
of sex scandals.
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But back in 1991, it was the
sexual dynamics of the workplace
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that took the spotlight.
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The world watched
as Anita Hill testified
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against Supreme Court nominee
Clarence Thomas.
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ANITA HILL: His conversations
were very vivid.
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He talked about
pornographic materials,
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depicting individuals
with large penises.
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JULIET WILLIAMS: It was shocking
to hear Anita Hill
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talking about sex
before a panel of senators
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in this austere space.
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On the other hand,
it was kind of shocking
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that nobody had ever been
talking about this kind of thing
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in public before, given just how
commonplace the behaviors are.
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[wolf whistle]
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NARRATOR: Ever since women
entered the workforce
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and started to climb
the corporate ladder,
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they've had to be mindful of who
might be eyeing their skirts.
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MICHELE B. GOODWIN:
This was just normalized.
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Running around a table
from your boss
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was just simply something that
a lot of women put up with.
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MAN: Next week, anytime,
I'm free anytime.
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DAVID EISENBACH: This was kind
of like the 'Mad Men' era,
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you know, guy made a pass
at his coworkers,
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and, you know, you just had
to roll with it.
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And that really lasted
through the 1980s.
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GOODWIN: It's not until women
were becoming lawyers
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and doctors and entering
the business world
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that sexual harassment
in the workplace was something
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that these women had the
capacity to try to challenge.
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NARRATOR: In 1984, Australia
became one of the first
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countries in the world to outlaw
unwanted sexual advances.
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In 1986, the US Supreme Court
confirmed that sexual harassment
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that creates a hostile
work environment
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is a form of discrimination.
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Five years later,
in the dignified setting
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of a Supreme Court
nominee hearing,
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the unseemly details
of workplace harassment
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bubbled out.
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HILL: He got up from the table
to get the Coke,
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looked at the can, and asked,
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'Who has put pubic hair
on my Coke?'
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NARRATOR: Anita Hill was
a law professor
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and former colleague
of Clarence Thomas
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who was a conservative judge and
nominee to the Supreme Court.
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In the confirmation hearings,
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Judge Thomas'
workplace behavior,
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as described by Professor Hill,
came under intense scrutiny.
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GOODWIN: There was information
that was provided
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to the Senate
Judiciary Committee
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about Justice Thomas having been
alleged to have committed
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sexual harassment against
one of his subordinates,
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Miss Anita Hill.
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WILLIAMS: What followed
was unprecedented
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in the history
of senate confirmation,
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in the history of
broadcast television.
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MAN: Professor, do you swear
to tell the whole truth
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and nothing but the truth,
so help you God?
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HILL: I do.
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WOMAN: Anita Hill sat before
the Senate and told her story.
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HILL: He commented
on what I was wearing,
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in terms of whether it made me
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more or less
sexually attractive.
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He spoke about acts that he had
seen in pornographic films
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involving such matters as women
having sex with animals
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and group sex or rape scenes.
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SARI LOCKER: Everyone watched,
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we all heard about
the pubic hair on the Coke can.
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We all heard about
Long Dong Silver.
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MAN: In fact, he never did ask
you to have sex, correct?
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HILL: No, he did not ask me
to have sex.
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He did continually pressure me
to go out with him.
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NARRATOR: He summarily dismissed
Hill's allegations
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and defended
his legal track record.
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He also suggested the attacks on
him were politically motivated.
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CLARENCE THOMAS:
As far as I'm concerned,
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it is a high-tech lynching
for uppity blacks
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who, in any way, deigned
to think for themselves.
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NARRATOR: The hearing
soon turned into
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a high-stakes version
of 'he said, she said.'
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LOCKER: Americans were very
divided on this case.
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They didn't know whether
they should believe her
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or whether the racial issues
and the political issues
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were really at the forefront.
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MAN: In Compton, California,
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people still can't believe
a black woman is his accuser.
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HELEN HENSON: I feel she has
betrayed us 100%.
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GOODWIN: They created T-shirts
that said, 'The bitch lied!'
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WOMAN: It didn't seem to me
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like, like she was
telling the truth.
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WOMAN: The allegations that
Clarence Thomas
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sexually harassed a coworker
and have caused such a stir,
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the accuser held
a news conference
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to deny she engineered
the last-minute disclosure
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for political reasons.
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HILL: I came to Washington
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because I was asked
by the Senate.
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I did not initiate
this investigation.
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MAN: The clerk will call
the roll.
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MAN: Mr. Adams.
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MR. ADAMS: No.
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MAN: Mr. Biden.
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MAN: Clarence Thomas does have
the votes for confirmation
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as an Associate Justice
of the US Supreme Court.
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NARRATOR: Clarence Thomas was
sworn on to the Supreme Court
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in October of 1991.
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He continues to serve today
as an intensely private figure
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who has rarely spoken
from the bench.
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And Anita Hill's testimony
continues to reverberate
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throughout the land.
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EISENBACH: The Clarence Thomas
hearings provided this way
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in which we could have
this greater discussion
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where what you say
in the workplace
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can actually be damaging
and offensive.
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MAN: Sexual harassment
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is a matter
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of deep and personal concern.
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MAN: Unwelcome affection.
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MAN: If you want to get along,
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it will be beneficial to you
to be a little bit nicer to me.
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NARRATOR: In the early 1990s,
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claims of sexual harassment
in the US more than doubled.
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In the coming years,
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training in the dos and don'ts
of sexual interaction
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became a fixture
of the American workplace.
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WOMAN: Larry.
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LARRY: I'd like, I'd like to...
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WOMAN: Not that again, please.
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MAN: Allegations
of sexual harassment
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will be treated with
the seriousness they deserve.
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WILLIAMS: We didn't have
that way of speaking
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until brave people
like Anita Hill came out
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and told it like it is.
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HILL: Despite the high cost,
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it is worth having
the truth emerge.
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NARRATOR: One year after
the Anita Hill hearings,
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a charismatic Southerner
rose to the White House.
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The scandal that
erupted around him
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threatened to destroy
not only the man in power,
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but a woman perceived to be
all but powerless.
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PENN JILLETTE: We should've
protected her more.
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We should have attacked the
people that attacked her more.
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NARRATOR: It was a shocking
scandal involving the president,
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an intern, accusations,
and denials.
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CLINTON: I did not have sexual
relations with that woman.
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MAN: Hold on.
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MAN: They are the tapes that
almost brought down a president,
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the secret recordings
that made Monica Lewinsky
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one of the most famous
women on Earth,
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and which have left Bill Clinton
facing an impeachment inquiry.
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MONICA LEWINSKY:
We didn't have sex, Linda!
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LINDA TRIPP:
Well, what do you call it?
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LEWINSKY: We fooled around.
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TRIPP: Oh.
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WOMAN: Back, move back,
move back.
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WOMAN: God help this
poor little Monica.
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NARRATOR: Most political
sex scandals feature
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a person in power
and a person seduced by power.
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And nowhere is the inequity
of power so stark
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as in the affair between
the president and the intern.
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TRISTAN TAORMINO:
Power is always operating.
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In our sexual fantasies, there's
almost always a power dynamic.
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Someone is at the mercy
of someone else.
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DITA VON TEESE: Powerful men,
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they connect with you
really well,
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they don't just look past you.
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They're, like, connecting,
sizing up,
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maybe stealing part of your soul
while doing it.
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I don't know.
[laughs]
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CLINTON: Thank you.
Thank you very much.
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HELDMAN: I could understand
how Monica Lewinsky
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could've fallen into this trap.
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Having met Bill Clinton and
been in his tractor beam
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which he directs at to you,
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and you're the only person
that he's looking at,
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and you're the only person
who matters in the world
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in that moment.
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NARRATOR: Anyone can fall under
the spell of great power.
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JILLETTE: I was not a fan
of Bill Clinton,
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but I would've had
oral sex with him,
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because that's a great story.
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NARRATOR: So, singling out
a young woman for doing so
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might be the height
of hypocrisy.
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DAN SAVAGE: When he ran
for president in '92,
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there were rumors about him
being a bit of a dog,
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and we elected him anyway.
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So, discovering some years later
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that he was the person
we already knew him to be,
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didn't pull back the curtain,
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it didn't reveal Bill Clinton
to be a hypocrite.
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NARRATOR: In January 1998,
allegations surfaced
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of a sexual liaison
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between Clinton and
a young White House staffer.
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Apparent proof came in the form
of recorded phone conversations.
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Monica Lewinsky had a confidante
named Linda Tripp
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who secretly made
the tape recordings.
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LEWINSKY: The first time
I ever looked into his eyes,
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I saw somebody totally different
than I had expected to see,
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and that's the person
I fell in love with.
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I was a 22-year-old foolish kid,
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and there was this charismatic,
powerful man
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who was showing interest in me,
and I think I was swept up.
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NARRATOR: But it wasn't love
that swept up Monica Lewinsky,
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it was a hurricane-force
sex scandal.
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REPORTER: It's a high-profile
investigation
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in the hands of Kenneth Starr.
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JOHN KING: Questions about the
president's private sex life.
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LARRY KING: It's like an X-rated
steamy sex novel,
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embarrassing and humiliating.
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WOLF BLITZER: This material is
quite graphic and lurid.
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EISENBACH: One of the
interesting things that happens
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during the Monica Lewinsky
scandal is,
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how do we talk about it,
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because talking about it
got to the essence
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of the alleged crime.
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LOCKER: I was about to go
on the air
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to talk about
Monica's blue dress,
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and the producer came
running over to me
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right before we were going on
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to say, 'Whatever you do,
don't say the word semen.'
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So I said, 'Well, how am I
supposed to refer to this stain
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on the blue dress?'
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And the producer said,
'Just call it a human stain.'
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NARRATOR: The president tried
to wipe the stain
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from his presidency
on January 26, 1998.
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CLINTON: I want you to listen
to me, I'm gonna say this again,
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I did not have sexual relations
with that woman, Miss Lewinsky.
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These allegations are false,
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and I need to go back to work
for the American people.
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Thank you.
[applause]
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SAVAGE: People are like,
'Of course he lied about it.'
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All of us cloak our sexual
experiences and desires
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in a little bit of obfuscation.
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Half of America is thinking,
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'I've gotten a [bleep] from
someone who isn't my wife.'
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NARRATOR: In August,
Clinton became the first
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sitting president to testify
before a grand jury.
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CLINTON: If the deponent
is the person
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who has oral sex
performed on him,
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then the contact is with,
not with anything on that list,
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but with the lips
of another person.
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EISENBACH: When Clinton says he
does not have sexual relations
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with Monica, well,
what is sexual relations?
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What is, what is,
what counts as sex?
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And Clinton's defense is,
'I didn't have sex with her.'
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Yeah, I mean, oral sex,
but that's not sex.
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CLINTON: This is, you're dealing
with, in some ways,
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the most mysterious area
of human life.
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I'm doing the best I can
to give you honest answers.
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NARRATOR: The Republican
opposition seized on the scandal
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as a reason to initiate
impeachment proceedings.
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But though the president was
subjected to withering
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an unprecedented attack
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in an effort to remove him
from office,
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he had the armor of high power.
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Monica Lewinsky
had no such protection.
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MARGARET CHO: I think that you,
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in this particular case,
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really saw American misogyny
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at its very, very worst.
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Monica Lewinsky was
really, really shamed,
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body shaming, slut shaming.
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She became a vilified character,
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yet Bill is sort of glorified.
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REPORTER: Miss Lewinsky was
admitted here,
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cleared in the White House
more than a dozen times.
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Many questions...
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HELDMAN: The amount of public
vitriol that we aim at women,
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who are the other half
of most political scandals,
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the fact is, you are seen
as the other woman,
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you are seen as a social pariah,
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and that label tends
to stick with women.
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KING: You're a victim
in a sense?
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I mean, you're a figure
of the 20th Century.
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LEWINSKY: I don't want to use
the word victim,
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but all of the details
of what happened,
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that's the culmination of it.
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ANN COULTER: I do think
Monica Lewinsky
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was a victim in that.
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I mean, she was,
she was a very young girl,
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she did stupid stuff,
she did really stupid stuff,
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but I do, I do feel sorry
for her.
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JILLETTE: Those of us,
we should've protected her more.
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We should've attacked the people
that attacked her more.
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NARRATOR: Bill Clinton survived
impeachment proceedings
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with his power and
popularity intact.
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It took Monica Lewinsky
decades to recover
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from the stigma of the scandal.
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[applause, cheering]
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HELDMAN: More recently, she did
a TED video on bullying,
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and she should know,
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she was the first kind of victim
of Internet bullying.
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NINA HARTLEY: And she has
a master's degree,
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she has done something
with her life,
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and they will not let her forget
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something she did when
she was 21 years old.
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So, how stupid is that?
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KING: You're always gonna be
Monica Lewinsky.
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LEWINSKY: Yeah.
KING: Right?
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NARRATOR: Yet, some of the
politicians who cried loudest
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for the president's head
during the sex scandal...
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CRAIG: Bill Clinton is probably
even a nasty, bad, naughty boy.
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NARRATOR: ...were soon to
receive their own comeuppance.
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COULTER: Larry Flynt started
soliciting information
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about any Republicans
who had had affairs,
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and a few came out
of the woodwork.
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BOB LIVINGSTON:
I shall vacate my seat.
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FLYNT: That was a very proud
moment of my life.
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♪
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ANDY COHEN: I hate hypocrites,
and unfortunately,
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there are so many hypocrites
in Washington.
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It never fails to amaze me.
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NARRATOR: The campaign to bring
down the US president
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is rich with irony
and hypocrisy.
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LIVINGSTON: We want the American
people to know
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that they're gonna get
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good, clean, honest,
efficient government.
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NARRATOR: Because some of the
president's most vocal opponents
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had unzipped things
other than their mouths.
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SAVAGE: You had
House Republicans
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impeaching a president for
oral sex performed upon him
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by someone who's not his wife,
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who were all of them,
as it turns out,
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getting [bleep] from people
who weren't their wives!
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CHRISTOPHER RYAN: You find that
the louder someone shouts
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about sexual normality,
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the more likely it is
they'll be exposed as a fraud.
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CRAIG: I'm going to speak out
for the citizens of my state
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who, in the majority,
think that Bill Clinton
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is probably even
a nasty, bad, naughty boy.
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NARRATOR: If there was ever
an authority on hypocrisy
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from on high, it might be
Idaho Senator Larry Craig.
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SAVAGE: From his perch
in the US Senate,
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Larry Craig had spent decades
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attempting to tell other people
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what they were allowed
to do sexually
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and not allowed to do sexually.
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MAN: The 62-year-old is serving
his third term in the Senate
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while building a voting record
against gay rights.
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SAVAGE: He didn't think gay
people should have any rights,
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thought gay people should
be able to be fired,
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thought gay people shouldn't be
able to serve in the military,
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and voted that way.
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NARRATOR: By thundering against
gays and President Clinton,
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Craig earned
high approval ratings
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from social conservatives
and religious groups.
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CRAIG: Thank you.
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NARRATOR: But his private
behavior was a different matter.
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MAN: A plainclothes sergeant
running a sting operation
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observed Craig
in an airport men's room.
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The official police report
states Craig
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was repeatedly tapping his foot,
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swiping his hand
under the stall divider,
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and peeking into stalls.
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NARRATOR: The Minneapolis
Airport men's room
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had a reputation as a place
where coded body language
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signaled a desire
for a gay hookup.
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CHO: The fact that he knew all
of the very elaborate stuff,
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like running his hand under, how
do you learn these hand signals?
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It couldn't have been a mistake,
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he wasn't, like, asking
for paper or anything,
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which is the signal is this
to put your...'I need paper.'
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MAN: The senator
denies he's gay.
483
00:21:51,171 --> 00:21:53,381
Suspicions of
homosexual activity
484
00:21:53,415 --> 00:21:56,004
have followed Craig since 1982.
485
00:21:56,038 --> 00:21:58,420
EISENBACH: Here he's coming up
after he gets caught
486
00:21:58,455 --> 00:22:00,319
and saying, 'I'm not gay.
487
00:22:00,353 --> 00:22:03,114
I just have a wide stance
when I go to the bathroom,
488
00:22:03,149 --> 00:22:06,325
and that's why my foot
was trying to play footsy
489
00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:08,292
with this cop
in the next stall.'
490
00:22:08,327 --> 00:22:11,813
I mean, come on, man.
491
00:22:11,847 --> 00:22:13,677
INTERVIEWER: Will you definitely
resign from the Senate?
492
00:22:13,711 --> 00:22:16,852
CRAIG: You have my statement,
that's all I can say, thank you.
493
00:22:16,887 --> 00:22:18,613
COHEN: I hate a hypocrite.
494
00:22:18,647 --> 00:22:21,857
So, these closeted dudes
495
00:22:21,892 --> 00:22:24,377
that are screaming the loudest
496
00:22:24,412 --> 00:22:27,346
about what sinners,
people like me are,
497
00:22:27,380 --> 00:22:29,658
I kind of feel like
they have it coming.
498
00:22:29,693 --> 00:22:32,178
NARRATOR: After just a week
of scandalous headlines,
499
00:22:32,212 --> 00:22:36,424
Craig announced he would
resign from the Senate.
500
00:22:36,458 --> 00:22:38,943
VON TEESE: We love watching
people like that take a fall.
501
00:22:38,978 --> 00:22:41,670
Hypocrites should
take a nasty fall.
502
00:22:41,705 --> 00:22:44,121
MAN: Representative
from Georgia!
503
00:22:44,155 --> 00:22:45,329
NARRATOR: One of the most
powerful critics
504
00:22:45,364 --> 00:22:47,400
of Bill Clinton's moral failings
505
00:22:47,435 --> 00:22:49,402
was an imposing congressman
from Georgia.
506
00:22:49,437 --> 00:22:50,645
NEWT GINGRICH: There is no
administration
507
00:22:50,679 --> 00:22:53,993
in American history
with less moral authority
508
00:22:54,027 --> 00:22:56,409
than the Clinton-Gore
Administration.
509
00:22:56,444 --> 00:22:58,515
NARRATOR: Newt Gingrich,
the Speaker of the House
510
00:22:58,549 --> 00:23:00,724
and third in line
for the presidency
511
00:23:00,758 --> 00:23:03,416
shot to power as
a conservative intellectual
512
00:23:03,451 --> 00:23:05,660
and champion of family values.
513
00:23:05,694 --> 00:23:08,387
But his private life
was no model of virtue.
514
00:23:08,421 --> 00:23:11,528
Gingrich asked his first wife,
Jackie, for a divorce
515
00:23:11,562 --> 00:23:13,978
while she was being
treated for cancer.
516
00:23:14,013 --> 00:23:16,464
SAVAGE: Newt Gingrich was
cheating on his second wife
517
00:23:16,498 --> 00:23:19,363
with the woman who would then
become his third wife.
518
00:23:19,398 --> 00:23:24,679
COULTER: You know, it's not a
very impressive marital history,
519
00:23:24,713 --> 00:23:26,612
I suppose you could say.
520
00:23:26,646 --> 00:23:30,443
NARRATOR: Even as the president
strayed, so did the speaker.
521
00:23:30,478 --> 00:23:33,446
INTERVIEWER: You were
in an affair at the same time
522
00:23:33,481 --> 00:23:36,587
that Bill Clinton
and Monica Lewinsky
523
00:23:36,622 --> 00:23:38,831
were having their escapade.
524
00:23:38,865 --> 00:23:40,798
GINGRICH: Well, the honest
answer is yes.
525
00:23:40,833 --> 00:23:43,663
MAN: The confession makes
Gingrich sound like a hypocrite.
526
00:23:43,698 --> 00:23:45,113
NARRATOR: The hypocritical
revelations
527
00:23:45,147 --> 00:23:47,909
about Gingrich's second wife,
Marianne,
528
00:23:47,943 --> 00:23:49,151
were even more damning.
529
00:23:49,186 --> 00:23:52,016
KING: She says that
you came to her in 1999,
530
00:23:52,051 --> 00:23:54,087
at a time when you're
having an affair.
531
00:23:54,122 --> 00:23:57,539
She says you asked her to enter
into an open marriage.
532
00:23:57,574 --> 00:24:01,750
NARRATOR: Marianne replied, 'No,
no, that is not a marriage.'
533
00:24:01,785 --> 00:24:05,305
According to Marianne, Gingrich
then sought to divorce her
534
00:24:05,340 --> 00:24:07,066
just months after
she was diagnosed
535
00:24:07,100 --> 00:24:09,309
with multiple sclerosis.
536
00:24:09,344 --> 00:24:10,932
WILLIAMS: It took
a little bit longer,
537
00:24:10,966 --> 00:24:14,107
but ultimately,
his political career
538
00:24:14,142 --> 00:24:17,007
and indeed presidential
aspirations fizzled
539
00:24:17,041 --> 00:24:20,010
because of charges
of sexual impropriety.
540
00:24:20,044 --> 00:24:21,149
INTERVIEWER: To the president,
541
00:24:21,183 --> 00:24:23,979
sir, you have done great damage
to this nation.
542
00:24:24,014 --> 00:24:26,292
You, sir, may resign your post.
543
00:24:26,326 --> 00:24:28,605
NARRATOR: And then, Gingrich's
would-be successor
544
00:24:28,639 --> 00:24:32,712
walked into a trap set by
an unlikely moral crusader.
545
00:24:32,747 --> 00:24:36,129
FLYNT: I got one goal
and one goal only.
546
00:24:36,164 --> 00:24:41,272
Expose the hypocrisy
that exists on Capitol Hill.
547
00:24:41,307 --> 00:24:44,655
SAVAGE: Larry Flynt is the
publisher of Hustler Magazine
548
00:24:44,690 --> 00:24:47,831
and was appalled,
as so many other Americans were,
549
00:24:47,865 --> 00:24:51,075
at the witch hunt and
the targeting of Bill Clinton.
550
00:24:51,110 --> 00:24:53,043
FLYNT: Somebody's got
to do something.
551
00:24:53,077 --> 00:24:55,977
EISENBACH: And so, he puts
this ad in the Washington Post
552
00:24:56,011 --> 00:24:59,049
offering a million dollars
to anyone who can prove
553
00:24:59,083 --> 00:25:02,777
that they had sex with one
of these Clinton accusers.
554
00:25:02,811 --> 00:25:04,675
FLYNT: I didn't start this.
555
00:25:04,710 --> 00:25:07,333
Ken Starr and Henry Hyde
got in the mud first,
556
00:25:07,367 --> 00:25:09,680
I just decided to jump
in there with them.
557
00:25:09,715 --> 00:25:12,234
COULTER: Larry Flynt started
soliciting information
558
00:25:12,269 --> 00:25:14,720
about any Republicans
who had had affairs.
559
00:25:14,754 --> 00:25:16,618
And I guess a few came
out of the woodwork
560
00:25:16,653 --> 00:25:18,724
that were surprises.
561
00:25:18,758 --> 00:25:20,829
[laughter]
562
00:25:20,864 --> 00:25:22,244
LIVINGSTON: It was great.
563
00:25:22,279 --> 00:25:23,798
COULTER: And I would say
Bob Livingston
564
00:25:23,832 --> 00:25:27,387
was one of the biggest
surprises.
565
00:25:27,422 --> 00:25:29,389
NARRATOR: Larry Flynt's ad
hit the newsstands
566
00:25:29,424 --> 00:25:31,840
at the same moment
Bob Livingston was favored
567
00:25:31,875 --> 00:25:35,534
to assume the House leadership
vacated by Newt Gingrich.
568
00:25:35,568 --> 00:25:37,881
FLYNT: Well, we knew
he was a philanderer.
569
00:25:37,915 --> 00:25:39,503
We needed proof.
570
00:25:39,538 --> 00:25:41,022
SAVAGE: Somebody apparently
had that proof,
571
00:25:41,056 --> 00:25:43,645
or Bob Livingston feared
someone had that proof,
572
00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:46,959
because he went into the House
and gave a speech
573
00:25:46,993 --> 00:25:48,823
admitting to not
having been faithful
574
00:25:48,857 --> 00:25:50,134
and resigned the speakership
575
00:25:50,169 --> 00:25:52,930
before he actually even
was officially speaker.
576
00:25:52,965 --> 00:25:55,484
LIVINGSTON: So I must
set the example
577
00:25:55,519 --> 00:25:59,592
that I hope President Clinton
will follow.
578
00:25:59,627 --> 00:26:02,699
I will not stand
for Speaker of the House
579
00:26:02,733 --> 00:26:05,011
on January 6th.
580
00:26:05,046 --> 00:26:08,083
NARRATOR: Livingston quit
in 1999.
581
00:26:08,118 --> 00:26:10,707
Bill Clinton remained in power.
582
00:26:10,741 --> 00:26:11,915
COULTER: I think it's fantastic
583
00:26:11,949 --> 00:26:13,848
when the President
of the United States
584
00:26:13,882 --> 00:26:18,611
has as a major ally the
publisher of Hustler Magazine.
585
00:26:18,646 --> 00:26:21,614
That's fantastic!
586
00:26:21,649 --> 00:26:24,306
FLYNT: That was a very proud
moment in my life.
587
00:26:24,341 --> 00:26:27,965
He held a press conference
on the steps of Capitol Hill
588
00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:29,035
when he resigned,
589
00:26:29,070 --> 00:26:31,037
and reporters asked him,
590
00:26:31,072 --> 00:26:33,005
'What do you think
about Larry Flynt?'
591
00:26:33,039 --> 00:26:36,042
He said, 'Well, I think
he's a bottom feeder.'
592
00:26:36,077 --> 00:26:39,632
So they asked me for a comment,
and I said, 'Yeah, that's right.
593
00:26:39,667 --> 00:26:42,566
But look what I found
when I got down there.'
594
00:26:45,258 --> 00:26:47,778
NARRATOR: Even so,
House hypocrisy had yet
595
00:26:47,813 --> 00:26:49,849
to hit its true bottom.
596
00:26:49,884 --> 00:26:51,713
After Livingston stepped down,
597
00:26:51,748 --> 00:26:54,647
Dennis Hastert was elected
Speaker of the House.
598
00:26:54,682 --> 00:26:57,650
He went on to serve longer than
any other Republican speaker
599
00:26:57,685 --> 00:27:01,792
in American history, all while
guarding a dark secret.
600
00:27:01,827 --> 00:27:04,346
In 2016, Hastert stated
601
00:27:04,381 --> 00:27:07,660
he wanted to, quote, 'apologize
to the boys I mistreated.'
602
00:27:07,695 --> 00:27:10,076
And quote,
'I took advantage of them,'
603
00:27:10,111 --> 00:27:12,389
when he was a high school
wrestling coach.
604
00:27:12,423 --> 00:27:14,563
He earned a 15-month
jail sentence
605
00:27:14,598 --> 00:27:17,601
for lying about violations
of federal banking laws
606
00:27:17,636 --> 00:27:20,052
after paying hush money
to an alleged victim.
607
00:27:20,086 --> 00:27:22,157
SAVAGE: We now know almost
everybody involved
608
00:27:22,192 --> 00:27:24,435
in impeaching Clinton
was philandering,
609
00:27:24,470 --> 00:27:27,024
or in the case of Denny Hastert,
610
00:27:27,059 --> 00:27:30,856
the hypocrisy was galling
and appalling.
611
00:27:30,890 --> 00:27:32,478
NARRATOR: On the other side
of the Atlantic,
612
00:27:32,512 --> 00:27:37,932
Europeans often regard
American sex scandals as naive.
613
00:27:37,966 --> 00:27:39,312
But then came the incident
614
00:27:39,347 --> 00:27:42,039
that created
an international outrage.
615
00:27:42,074 --> 00:27:44,076
GIULIA SISSA:
It was a special case.
616
00:27:44,110 --> 00:27:47,804
Dominique Strauss-Kahn,
a French political leader,
617
00:27:47,838 --> 00:27:51,428
finds himself in
an American situation,
618
00:27:51,462 --> 00:27:55,984
and the clash of the two erotic
cultures becomes explosive.
619
00:27:56,019 --> 00:27:57,468
CROWD: Shame on you!
620
00:28:04,303 --> 00:28:06,270
NARRATOR: American attitudes
about sex scandals
621
00:28:06,305 --> 00:28:09,308
can seem both uptight
and hypocritical,
622
00:28:09,342 --> 00:28:11,793
particularly when compared
to the French.
623
00:28:11,828 --> 00:28:15,176
SISSA: I don't know if we can
mention any French president
624
00:28:15,210 --> 00:28:19,214
who didn't have that
sort of subliminal reputation
625
00:28:19,249 --> 00:28:22,355
of being a seducer.
626
00:28:22,390 --> 00:28:24,703
SAVAGE: You know, in France,
the president, Mitterrand,
627
00:28:24,737 --> 00:28:29,086
had a mistress and
another family, basically.
628
00:28:29,121 --> 00:28:31,399
And the mistress and
his child by her
629
00:28:31,433 --> 00:28:33,781
were welcomed
at his state funeral.
630
00:28:33,815 --> 00:28:36,024
NARRATOR: At Mitterrand's
1996 funeral,
631
00:28:36,059 --> 00:28:40,028
his mistress, Anne Pingeot,
and their daughter Mazarine
632
00:28:40,063 --> 00:28:44,930
grieved alongside
the president's wife, Danielle.
633
00:28:44,964 --> 00:28:50,142
SISSA: This is a complex life
with dramatic moments.
634
00:28:50,176 --> 00:28:52,213
But now, it's time for peace,
635
00:28:52,247 --> 00:28:54,215
it's time for acknowledging
636
00:28:54,249 --> 00:28:59,185
everyone's self-image
and dignity.
637
00:29:00,877 --> 00:29:03,051
NARRATOR: The romantic life
of another French president,
638
00:29:03,086 --> 00:29:07,262
Francois Hollande, is famously
intricate and nuanced.
639
00:29:07,297 --> 00:29:11,232
SISSA: Francois Hollande
lived for a very long time
640
00:29:11,266 --> 00:29:15,408
with a powerful woman,
Segolene Royal.
641
00:29:15,443 --> 00:29:18,101
They had four children,
they were not married,
642
00:29:18,135 --> 00:29:19,343
but they lived together
643
00:29:19,378 --> 00:29:24,521
and had this very united,
wonderful French family.
644
00:29:24,555 --> 00:29:27,489
NARRATOR: Hollande and Royal
parted ways in 2007
645
00:29:27,524 --> 00:29:29,250
when he became
romantically involved
646
00:29:29,284 --> 00:29:32,184
with Valerie Trierweiler.
647
00:29:32,218 --> 00:29:35,325
And in 2014, rumor spread
of an affair
648
00:29:35,359 --> 00:29:38,673
between the president
and actress Julie Gayet.
649
00:29:38,707 --> 00:29:40,502
REPORTER: President
Francois Hollande is preparing
650
00:29:40,537 --> 00:29:43,402
to address allegations
he's been carrying on
651
00:29:43,436 --> 00:29:45,059
an affair with this woman.
652
00:29:45,093 --> 00:29:46,370
NARRATOR: And the president's
response
653
00:29:46,405 --> 00:29:49,166
to intense media interest
in his love life?
654
00:29:59,970 --> 00:30:01,454
NARRATOR: Yet, even in France,
655
00:30:01,489 --> 00:30:05,148
there is sexual behavior that
can't be summarily dismissed,
656
00:30:05,182 --> 00:30:10,256
as one of the most world's most
powerful men discovered in 2012.
657
00:30:10,291 --> 00:30:12,880
SISSA: It was a special case.
658
00:30:12,914 --> 00:30:14,778
Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
659
00:30:14,813 --> 00:30:19,265
The fact that suddenly
a French political leader
660
00:30:19,300 --> 00:30:23,131
finds himself in
an American situation,
661
00:30:23,166 --> 00:30:28,412
and the clash of the two erotic
cultures becomes explosive.
662
00:30:31,105 --> 00:30:32,589
NARRATOR: In 2011,
663
00:30:32,623 --> 00:30:35,316
Dominique Strauss-Kahn,
known as DSK,
664
00:30:35,350 --> 00:30:37,836
ran the International
Monetary Fund.
665
00:30:37,870 --> 00:30:39,665
He was also one
of the early favorites
666
00:30:39,699 --> 00:30:42,910
in the 2012 French
presidential election.
667
00:30:42,944 --> 00:30:46,845
His private life raised
eyebrows, but few red flags.
668
00:30:46,879 --> 00:30:50,676
SISSA: He had a notorious
sex life
669
00:30:50,710 --> 00:30:54,645
that people more or less
knew about.
670
00:30:57,131 --> 00:31:00,168
NARRATOR: Then came
May 14, 2011.
671
00:31:00,203 --> 00:31:02,205
REPORTER: Strauss-Kahn is
charged with allegedly trying
672
00:31:02,239 --> 00:31:06,554
to rape a maid at this
upscale Manhattan hotel.
673
00:31:06,588 --> 00:31:07,796
NARRATOR: After what
the maid described
674
00:31:07,831 --> 00:31:10,938
as a violent and sustained
sexual assault,
675
00:31:10,972 --> 00:31:16,633
DSK left for JFK Airport
to catch a flight to Paris.
676
00:31:16,667 --> 00:31:19,567
Police boarded the plane
10 minutes before departure
677
00:31:19,601 --> 00:31:21,914
and arrested Strauss-Khan.
678
00:31:21,949 --> 00:31:25,745
The sight of a European leader
in handcuffs on US soil
679
00:31:25,780 --> 00:31:26,988
shocked the world.
680
00:31:27,023 --> 00:31:29,335
SISSA: When the news spread
681
00:31:29,370 --> 00:31:33,926
about Dominique Strauss-Kahn's
arrest in New York,
682
00:31:33,961 --> 00:31:38,172
the reactions were of surprise,
683
00:31:38,206 --> 00:31:42,555
but I would say surprise
at the seriousness
684
00:31:42,590 --> 00:31:46,007
of the American reaction.
685
00:31:46,042 --> 00:31:48,768
DOMINIQUE STRAUSS-KAHN: I still
say what happens in the room
686
00:31:48,803 --> 00:31:53,256
is a private thing, unless the
prosecutors have proof of that.
687
00:31:53,290 --> 00:31:55,051
NARRATOR: Though he downplayed
the charges,
688
00:31:55,085 --> 00:31:59,469
Strauss-Khan resigned from
the IMF four days later,
689
00:31:59,503 --> 00:32:01,402
and the seriousness
of the charges
690
00:32:01,436 --> 00:32:03,749
began to dawn on the French.
691
00:32:05,613 --> 00:32:08,478
SISSA: What people thought was,
692
00:32:08,512 --> 00:32:12,344
'How silly, didn't he know
that he was in America?'
693
00:32:12,378 --> 00:32:14,863
HELDMAN: There's definitely
a line that you don't cross
694
00:32:14,898 --> 00:32:17,866
when it comes to sex in Europe
for politicians,
695
00:32:17,901 --> 00:32:21,042
and that's the line between
consensual sexual relationships
696
00:32:21,077 --> 00:32:25,805
and non-consensual, also known
as sexual assault or rape.
697
00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:29,395
CROWD: Shame on you!
Shame on you!
698
00:32:29,430 --> 00:32:31,915
NARRATOR: The DSK sexual assault
allegations
699
00:32:31,950 --> 00:32:33,675
hit at a time in America when
700
00:32:33,710 --> 00:32:37,679
the echoes of the Anita Hill
hearings still reverberated.
701
00:32:37,714 --> 00:32:40,303
WILLIAMS: He has clearly
had a long history
702
00:32:40,337 --> 00:32:43,996
of doing what he wants,
when he wants.
703
00:32:44,031 --> 00:32:49,519
SISSA: He failed to know the
legal culture, the moral culture
704
00:32:49,553 --> 00:32:57,423
in which he was living, and how
could he do something so stupid?
705
00:32:57,458 --> 00:32:58,700
NARRATOR:
Though Strauss-Khan admitted
706
00:32:58,735 --> 00:33:01,496
to, quote,
'a grave moral mistake,'
707
00:33:01,531 --> 00:33:04,465
charges of alleged sexual
assault and attempted rape
708
00:33:04,499 --> 00:33:06,018
were dismissed.
709
00:33:06,053 --> 00:33:07,986
In September 2011,
710
00:33:08,020 --> 00:33:11,506
he withdrew from
the French presidential race.
711
00:33:11,541 --> 00:33:15,062
SISSA: Not that because
he had that erotic life,
712
00:33:15,096 --> 00:33:17,754
he wouldn't be a good president,
713
00:33:17,788 --> 00:33:20,826
but that he should
have been smarter
714
00:33:20,860 --> 00:33:25,106
about the environment
in which he was living.
715
00:33:25,141 --> 00:33:27,798
Therefore, people
started to say,
716
00:33:27,833 --> 00:33:29,766
'Well, there is something
717
00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:31,837
really, really suicidal
718
00:33:31,871 --> 00:33:34,012
in what he did.'
719
00:33:37,670 --> 00:33:39,534
WILLIAMS: I think
the Dominique Strauss-Khan case
720
00:33:39,569 --> 00:33:42,158
shows that Europeans,
721
00:33:42,192 --> 00:33:45,609
just like any other reasonable
person in the world,
722
00:33:45,644 --> 00:33:47,266
are prepared to draw the line
723
00:33:47,301 --> 00:33:50,649
when it comes to
blatant abuse of power
724
00:33:50,683 --> 00:33:54,377
and objectification of women.
725
00:33:54,411 --> 00:33:56,517
NARRATOR: Having already
gone transatlantic,
726
00:33:56,551 --> 00:34:00,245
political sex scandals were
about to blow up online.
727
00:34:00,279 --> 00:34:01,660
JIM NORTON: It's one moment,
it's, you know,
728
00:34:01,694 --> 00:34:03,731
you're all lathered up
talking to somebody.
729
00:34:03,765 --> 00:34:07,804
'Let me see it,' 'Okay,' click,
send, your life is ruined.
730
00:34:07,838 --> 00:34:10,013
COHEN: I thought his screen name
was awesome.
731
00:34:10,048 --> 00:34:12,429
Carlos Danger.
732
00:34:12,464 --> 00:34:13,948
I want to [bleep] that dude.
733
00:34:20,989 --> 00:34:22,612
NARRATOR: The digital age
has ushered in
734
00:34:22,646 --> 00:34:24,786
a new kind of sex scandal.
735
00:34:24,821 --> 00:34:27,306
Instantaneous, explosive...
736
00:34:27,341 --> 00:34:29,550
[crowd chanting]
737
00:34:29,584 --> 00:34:32,000
NARRATOR: ...and sometimes
bitterly ironic.
738
00:34:32,035 --> 00:34:36,591
EISENBACH: The Anthony Weiner
story really reflects the power
739
00:34:36,626 --> 00:34:41,320
of the male libido
to destroy yourself.
740
00:34:41,355 --> 00:34:43,667
SYDNEY LEATHERS: I kind of feel
like I'm part of the most boring
741
00:34:43,702 --> 00:34:46,670
sex scandal ever, because
there was no actual sex.
742
00:34:46,705 --> 00:34:48,086
[laughs]
743
00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:50,191
So weird.
744
00:34:50,226 --> 00:34:53,815
NARRATOR: In 2011, New York
Congressman Anthony D. Weiner
745
00:34:53,850 --> 00:34:55,990
was serving his seventh term
746
00:34:56,024 --> 00:35:00,788
and married to his politically
connected wife, Huma Abedin.
747
00:35:00,822 --> 00:35:02,893
Then came a puzzling
and eye-opening message
748
00:35:02,928 --> 00:35:04,309
from the congressman.
749
00:35:04,343 --> 00:35:09,072
LEATHERS: He had accidentally
Tweeted a photo of his...
750
00:35:09,107 --> 00:35:11,971
wiener, I guess,
in his underwear.
751
00:35:12,006 --> 00:35:12,800
ANTHONY WEINER: We're trying
to figure out
752
00:35:12,834 --> 00:35:14,595
exactly what happened here.
753
00:35:14,629 --> 00:35:18,875
WILLIAMS: The mistake is that
he thought he was sending
754
00:35:18,909 --> 00:35:21,291
some of these images privately,
755
00:35:21,326 --> 00:35:23,776
and it turned out that briefly,
756
00:35:23,811 --> 00:35:28,056
they were posted to
his public Twitter account.
757
00:35:28,091 --> 00:35:29,610
NORTON: It's one moment,
it's, you know,
758
00:35:29,644 --> 00:35:31,577
you're all lathered up
talking to somebody.
759
00:35:31,612 --> 00:35:35,788
'Let me see it,' 'Okay,' click,
send, your life is ruined.
760
00:35:35,823 --> 00:35:37,204
COULTER: If you're
a sitting member
761
00:35:37,238 --> 00:35:38,584
of the House of Representatives
762
00:35:38,619 --> 00:35:42,416
and you start sending out photos
of your penis on Twitter,
763
00:35:42,450 --> 00:35:46,489
yeah, it might make the news.
764
00:35:46,523 --> 00:35:48,387
WILLIAMS: He denied everything.
765
00:35:48,422 --> 00:35:51,908
WEINER: I didn't send
the photograph, this hacker did.
766
00:35:53,703 --> 00:35:56,533
NARRATOR: Within a month, he
acknowledged sending the photo
767
00:35:56,568 --> 00:36:00,951
and sexting with several women,
and Weiner faced the music.
768
00:36:00,986 --> 00:36:03,920
WEINER: Today I am announcing
my resignation from Congress.
769
00:36:03,954 --> 00:36:06,681
MAN: Yeah! Bye-bye, pervert!
770
00:36:08,476 --> 00:36:09,684
NARRATOR: Two years later,
771
00:36:09,719 --> 00:36:12,411
Weiner was staging a remarkable
political comeback
772
00:36:12,446 --> 00:36:14,413
running for mayor
of New York City,
773
00:36:14,448 --> 00:36:16,277
and leading in the polls.
774
00:36:16,312 --> 00:36:17,658
JIM SIDERIS:
He stood by the people
775
00:36:17,692 --> 00:36:19,177
when the city was going
through hard times,
776
00:36:19,211 --> 00:36:20,592
he didn't abandon the city!
777
00:36:20,626 --> 00:36:22,283
WOMAN: All of New York
are going to make sure
778
00:36:22,318 --> 00:36:24,458
that you are the next mayor.
779
00:36:24,492 --> 00:36:25,804
NARRATOR: Candidate Weiner
was also running
780
00:36:25,838 --> 00:36:28,393
as a changed and humbled man.
781
00:36:28,427 --> 00:36:31,810
WEINER: There is no question
that what I did was wrong,
782
00:36:31,844 --> 00:36:35,779
this behavior is behind me, I've
apologized to my wife, Huma,
783
00:36:35,814 --> 00:36:38,023
and I'm grateful that
he has--she has worked through
784
00:36:38,057 --> 00:36:41,716
these issues with me,
and that I had her forgiveness.
785
00:36:44,374 --> 00:36:46,583
NARRATOR: Yet Weiner had not
kicked the habit.
786
00:36:46,618 --> 00:36:48,620
A leak revealed he was
secretly conducting
787
00:36:48,654 --> 00:36:52,520
an intimate online relationship
with a 22-year-old woman.
788
00:36:52,555 --> 00:36:55,351
LEATHERS: I was really into
politics as a young person,
789
00:36:55,385 --> 00:36:57,491
and I had actually been
a fan of his.
790
00:36:57,525 --> 00:36:59,562
Initially, he had poked me
on Facebook
791
00:36:59,596 --> 00:37:01,115
and then started to message me,
792
00:37:01,149 --> 00:37:04,187
and I pretty quickly realized
that he was flirting with me.
793
00:37:04,222 --> 00:37:07,017
We had exchanged a lot of emails
and stuff,
794
00:37:07,052 --> 00:37:09,917
and that's kind of when he
made up the Carlos Danger name.
795
00:37:09,951 --> 00:37:11,056
[laughs]
796
00:37:11,090 --> 00:37:13,196
COHEN: I thought his screen name
was awesome.
797
00:37:13,231 --> 00:37:15,785
Carlos Danger.
798
00:37:15,819 --> 00:37:17,752
I want to [bleep] that dude.
799
00:37:17,787 --> 00:37:19,754
LEATHERS: It was just this
cool, little secret that I had,
800
00:37:19,789 --> 00:37:21,584
and it was kind of fun
for that reason.
801
00:37:21,618 --> 00:37:25,484
EISENBACH: He was this close to
being New York's mayor, right,
802
00:37:25,519 --> 00:37:27,175
his ultimate dream job.
803
00:37:27,210 --> 00:37:28,591
But he can't stop himself!
804
00:37:28,625 --> 00:37:31,766
He has to continue to do
the same kind of sexting.
805
00:37:31,801 --> 00:37:33,285
DR. DREW PINSKY:
That's full-on sex addiction
806
00:37:33,320 --> 00:37:34,597
you're seeing there.
807
00:37:34,631 --> 00:37:37,462
And without treatment,
that's going to continue.
808
00:37:37,496 --> 00:37:41,845
NARRATOR: By July 2013, Leathers
was burnt out on the deception
809
00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:44,745
and the hypocrisy
of Weiner's public image.
810
00:37:44,779 --> 00:37:46,954
LEATHERS: He had been number one
in the polls at the time,
811
00:37:46,988 --> 00:37:50,302
and I had leaked information
to a gossip blog, just saying,
812
00:37:50,337 --> 00:37:52,718
'Hey, he's saying he doesn't
do this thing anymore,
813
00:37:52,753 --> 00:37:55,134
I know that he does
this thing still.'
814
00:37:55,169 --> 00:37:56,515
Did I want that part of it
out there?
815
00:37:56,550 --> 00:37:58,690
Yeah, but I didn't want
my name in it.
816
00:37:58,724 --> 00:38:00,623
NARRATOR: Nevertheless,
the site BuzzFeed
817
00:38:00,657 --> 00:38:02,590
soon leaked her identity,
818
00:38:02,625 --> 00:38:05,869
and the spectacle of scandal
grew out of control.
819
00:38:05,904 --> 00:38:07,940
TAORMINO: It's like it wasn't
even that big of a deal,
820
00:38:07,975 --> 00:38:12,013
and yet it caused
this huge media circus.
821
00:38:12,048 --> 00:38:13,325
LEATHERS:
They went after my family.
822
00:38:13,360 --> 00:38:16,501
They would knock at my door
with cameras in hand.
823
00:38:16,535 --> 00:38:19,504
They went to my dad's work
and harassed him at work.
824
00:38:19,538 --> 00:38:22,300
I felt worse for my family
than for myself even,
825
00:38:22,334 --> 00:38:24,371
it was a really, really
hard time.
826
00:38:24,405 --> 00:38:27,788
NARRATOR: While Weiner was
exposed as a serial sexter,
827
00:38:27,822 --> 00:38:31,205
Leathers was portrayed as an
attention-seeking opportunist.
828
00:38:31,239 --> 00:38:32,586
LEATHERS: It was kind of easy
829
00:38:32,620 --> 00:38:34,726
to run with this narrative
about me,
830
00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:36,900
that, you know, I just wanted
the attention,
831
00:38:36,935 --> 00:38:39,247
and I wanted to be famous
and all of this stuff,
832
00:38:39,282 --> 00:38:42,389
when in reality, I was deeply
depressed during that time,
833
00:38:42,423 --> 00:38:45,564
that was, like, the hardest time
in my life, ever.
834
00:38:45,599 --> 00:38:47,635
So I just think
it's really unfair
835
00:38:47,670 --> 00:38:51,294
for people to judge, yeah.
836
00:38:51,329 --> 00:38:54,262
NARRATOR: Weiner's political
star nose-dived again,
837
00:38:54,297 --> 00:38:57,231
and he received
just 4.9% of the vote
838
00:38:57,265 --> 00:38:59,060
in the New York mayoral race.
839
00:38:59,095 --> 00:39:01,200
WEINER: We had the best ideas.
840
00:39:01,235 --> 00:39:04,618
Sadly, I was an imperfect
messenger.
841
00:39:04,652 --> 00:39:06,413
NARRATOR: Over the course
of the scandal,
842
00:39:06,447 --> 00:39:09,519
Sydney Leathers changed
from a political idealist
843
00:39:09,554 --> 00:39:13,247
to a tabloid regular,
to an occasional porn star.
844
00:39:13,281 --> 00:39:14,973
LEATHERS: I don't think
I ever would have done porn
845
00:39:15,007 --> 00:39:17,113
had this scandal not happened.
846
00:39:17,147 --> 00:39:20,496
It just wasn't something
that was even on my radar.
847
00:39:20,530 --> 00:39:22,083
NARRATOR: While most
sex scandals involved
848
00:39:22,118 --> 00:39:23,809
men behaving badly,
849
00:39:23,844 --> 00:39:28,020
the male gender doesn't have
a monopoly on hypocrisy.
850
00:39:28,055 --> 00:39:31,714
SANDRO MONETTI: A 59-year-old
woman with a 19-year-old guy?
851
00:39:31,748 --> 00:39:34,648
You couldn't make that up.
That's a movie!
852
00:39:42,241 --> 00:39:43,829
NORTON: Men are usually at
the center of these scandals,
853
00:39:43,864 --> 00:39:45,935
I think, just 'cause we're more
corruptible sexually.
854
00:39:45,969 --> 00:39:49,421
When a guy gets power, all of
a sudden, we go berserk with it,
855
00:39:49,456 --> 00:39:51,734
like, I can have sex with her,
and then her,
856
00:39:51,768 --> 00:39:53,321
and then go home to my wife.
857
00:39:53,356 --> 00:39:54,737
HELDMAN: All the ingredients
858
00:39:54,771 --> 00:39:59,086
that cause men in positions
of power to have sex scandals
859
00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:00,777
are also in place with women,
860
00:40:00,812 --> 00:40:02,089
with the one exception,
861
00:40:02,123 --> 00:40:05,886
that women don't see themselves
as being invulnerable.
862
00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:08,267
MONETTI: I'm sure there are
female politicians
863
00:40:08,302 --> 00:40:09,683
having sex scandals,
864
00:40:09,717 --> 00:40:11,650
but I've always believed that
women are cleverer than men,
865
00:40:11,685 --> 00:40:14,412
so they may be cleverer
at covering it up.
866
00:40:16,655 --> 00:40:19,693
NARRATOR: In 2008,
Peter and Iris Robinson
867
00:40:19,727 --> 00:40:21,867
were the first couple
of Northern Ireland.
868
00:40:21,902 --> 00:40:23,869
IRIS ROBINSON: And so the truth
isn't compromised,
869
00:40:23,904 --> 00:40:28,874
Mr. Speaker, I will not be
withdrawing my comments.
870
00:40:28,909 --> 00:40:30,358
CROWD: Hear!
871
00:40:30,393 --> 00:40:32,740
MONETTI: These two were the most
high-profile couple
872
00:40:32,775 --> 00:40:35,329
in Irish politics
for generations.
873
00:40:35,363 --> 00:40:37,538
PETER ROBINSON: And the stronger
we stand together,
874
00:40:37,573 --> 00:40:40,403
the more surely we will come
through this together.
875
00:40:40,438 --> 00:40:42,509
NARRATOR: Peter Robinson
was first minister,
876
00:40:42,543 --> 00:40:44,752
the highest elected office
in the land.
877
00:40:44,787 --> 00:40:47,065
His wife Iris was
a member of Parliament,
878
00:40:47,099 --> 00:40:50,793
a religious conservative
with adamant anti-gay views.
879
00:40:50,827 --> 00:40:55,107
I. ROBINSON: Homosexuality,
like all sin, is an abomination.
880
00:40:55,142 --> 00:40:59,422
MONETTI: Mrs. Robinson was very
much on a family values crusade.
881
00:40:59,457 --> 00:41:02,287
She was always tub-thumping
for the right way to do things,
882
00:41:02,321 --> 00:41:05,635
the very moralistic candidate.
883
00:41:05,670 --> 00:41:06,947
Yet, behind the scenes,
884
00:41:06,981 --> 00:41:08,500
we know that
she wasn't practicing
885
00:41:08,535 --> 00:41:10,226
what she was preaching.
886
00:41:10,260 --> 00:41:11,227
P. ROBINSON: My first knowledge
887
00:41:11,261 --> 00:41:15,127
of Iris' inappropriate
relationship
888
00:41:15,162 --> 00:41:19,891
came about midnight on
the 1st of March last year.
889
00:41:19,925 --> 00:41:22,687
The night that she tried
to take her life.
890
00:41:22,721 --> 00:41:24,585
REPORTER: Mrs. Robinson has
admitted to the affair
891
00:41:24,620 --> 00:41:28,486
with Mr. McCambley, who is
almost 40 years her junior.
892
00:41:28,520 --> 00:41:29,935
NARRATOR: She had been
conducting an affair
893
00:41:29,970 --> 00:41:32,800
with a much younger man,
Kirk McCambley.
894
00:41:32,835 --> 00:41:37,184
He was 19, she, 59.
895
00:41:37,218 --> 00:41:39,048
REPORTER: Iris Robinson's
fall from grace
896
00:41:39,082 --> 00:41:42,120
was as shocking and as public
as they come.
897
00:41:42,154 --> 00:41:43,915
NARRATOR: Along with
Robinson's hypocrisy
898
00:41:43,949 --> 00:41:45,537
of being a religious moralist,
899
00:41:45,572 --> 00:41:47,953
embroiled in
a May-December affair,
900
00:41:47,988 --> 00:41:49,679
there were whiffs of corruption.
901
00:41:49,714 --> 00:41:51,163
REPORTER:
The first minister's wife,
902
00:41:51,198 --> 00:41:53,200
her former lover Kirk McCambley,
903
00:41:53,234 --> 00:41:56,030
and the explosive allegation
she abused her position
904
00:41:56,065 --> 00:41:57,618
to help him set up in business.
905
00:41:57,653 --> 00:41:59,551
NARRATOR: Mrs. Robinson was
accused of securing
906
00:41:59,586 --> 00:42:02,243
50,000 pounds for her lover,
907
00:42:02,278 --> 00:42:04,798
and not declaring monies
she personally received.
908
00:42:04,832 --> 00:42:07,041
REPORTER: That contract awarded
to Kirk McCambley
909
00:42:07,076 --> 00:42:10,044
to run this café
in South Belfast.
910
00:42:10,079 --> 00:42:13,116
Specifically, if
the then-alderman Iris Robinson
911
00:42:13,151 --> 00:42:15,705
used her position
in Castlereagh Council
912
00:42:15,740 --> 00:42:18,294
to influence that decision.
913
00:42:18,328 --> 00:42:22,332
MONETTI: The public will tend
to forgive a sex scandal.
914
00:42:22,367 --> 00:42:25,577
They rarely ever forgive
a financial scandal.
915
00:42:25,612 --> 00:42:26,958
REPORTER: As the votes came in,
916
00:42:26,992 --> 00:42:30,789
it was becoming clear this giant
of Northern Ireland politics
917
00:42:30,824 --> 00:42:34,344
was about to be humbled
in spectacular style.
918
00:42:34,379 --> 00:42:39,867
MAN: Mrs. Robinson must vacate
all public offices today.
919
00:42:39,902 --> 00:42:41,938
MONETTI: Here's to you,
Mrs. Robinson!
920
00:42:41,973 --> 00:42:44,872
That's the way to do it if
you're talking a sex scandal,
921
00:42:44,907 --> 00:42:48,980
an affair with a man
40 years your junior.
922
00:42:49,014 --> 00:42:51,396
I saw this movie,
it was called 'The Graduate!'
923
00:42:54,364 --> 00:42:55,711
PINSKY: We don't like hypocrisy,
924
00:42:55,745 --> 00:42:59,300
so someone who seems to be
espousing good values
925
00:42:59,335 --> 00:43:03,166
who fails us, that's someone
we're not gonna forgive.
926
00:43:03,201 --> 00:43:06,342
NARRATOR: Politicians are often
guilty of hypocrisy,
927
00:43:06,376 --> 00:43:08,620
but so are the people
they serve.
928
00:43:08,655 --> 00:43:10,518
CHARLES: When there's
a political sex scandal,
929
00:43:10,553 --> 00:43:11,899
they're like, 'Oh,' they're
talking about it and saying,
930
00:43:11,934 --> 00:43:13,038
'I knew he was bad,
931
00:43:13,073 --> 00:43:15,385
I know he was this,
and I knew he was that.'
932
00:43:15,420 --> 00:43:19,424
But the truth is, if that
politician revealed himself
933
00:43:19,458 --> 00:43:21,288
for what he really is,
934
00:43:21,322 --> 00:43:24,118
that same person would
not have voted for him.
935
00:43:24,153 --> 00:43:26,396
NORTON: Whenever there's
a scandal sexually, publicly,
936
00:43:26,431 --> 00:43:28,364
it's not a reflection
on the official,
937
00:43:28,398 --> 00:43:30,021
unless they've done
something monstrous.
938
00:43:30,055 --> 00:43:33,714
It's a reflection on us
and how nosy we are.
939
00:43:33,749 --> 00:43:35,647
NARRATOR: So long as voters
place their leaders
940
00:43:35,682 --> 00:43:39,375
on moral pedestals,
they're bound for a great fall.
941
00:43:39,409 --> 00:43:41,101
VON TEESE: These people are
dealing with things
942
00:43:41,135 --> 00:43:44,104
that other couples are
dealing with all the time.
943
00:43:44,138 --> 00:43:47,590
It's very difficult having
those dramas unfold
944
00:43:47,625 --> 00:43:49,247
in front of the world.
945
00:43:49,281 --> 00:43:52,906
RYAN: Political scandals
are unavoidable
946
00:43:52,940 --> 00:43:57,704
because of the nature
of the people who seek office
947
00:43:57,738 --> 00:44:00,085
claiming moral superiority.
948
00:44:00,120 --> 00:44:01,811
'I can't control myself,
949
00:44:01,846 --> 00:44:04,400
so we need to structure society
in a way
950
00:44:04,434 --> 00:44:07,161
that the behavior
I'm afraid I'll do
951
00:44:07,196 --> 00:44:10,164
is illegal, is controlled,
is condemned.'
952
00:44:10,199 --> 00:44:13,581
They want to design society
to protect themselves
953
00:44:13,616 --> 00:44:15,411
from their own desires.
77835
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