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Monica Lewinsky
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Monica Lewinsky
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: July 23
Businessperson
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San Francisco County
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Monica Samille Lewinsky
Monica S. Lewinsky
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I tried to walk a line between acting lawfully and testifying falsely, but I now recognize that I did not fully accomplish this goal and that certain of my responses to questions about Ms. Lewinsky were false.
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He ended it. He just said he didn't - he - well, what he said was that he didn't feel it was right, and you know, I mean that's - because he ended it, he'd probably have to be the one to answer that.
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Sure, my boss took advantage of me, but I will always remain firm on this point: it was a consensual relationship. Any 'abuse' came in the aftermath, when I was made a scapegoat in order to protect his powerful position.
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So it was sort of an odd time because I had been hired, but my paperwork hadn't gone through. So I worked as an intern during the government shutdown, as an intern, but I already had a job.
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The most potent thing we can do is to bring more compassion online.
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Be mindful of clickbait - sensational stories designed to humiliate. Click with compassion.
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Getting and keeping my immunity became very important to me. For I needed to take care of myself and my family. No one else was worried about me.
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People who know Clinton knew the guy has a real problem keeping his hands off women.
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Public humiliation is a commodity and shame is an industry.
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So I think it's - what was important to me is that I found that I can't change the fact that people already have made an opinion about me. But I don't think that should stop me from trying to correct some of the misperceptions that are out there.
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Let's acknowledge the difference between speaking up with intention and speaking up for attention.
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Online we have a compassion deficit
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I was worried about my mom more than I was worried about the president. And then I was worried about the president, and then I was worried about myself.
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Overnight, I went from being a completely private figure to a publicly humiliated one. I was Patient Zero.
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I'm probably the only person over 40 who does not want to be 22 again.
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I was brought up with lies all the time... that's how you got along... I have lied my entire life...
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I did though at least expect him to correct the false statements he made when he was trying to protect the Presidency. Instead, he talked about it as though I had laid it all out there for the taking. I was the buffet and he just couldn't resist the dessert.
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He could have made it right with the book. But he hasn't. He is a revisionist of history. He has lied.
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I'm kind of known for something that's not so great to be known for.
Monica Lewinsky
Try and have neutral compassion toward the perpetrator. Step outside the sting of the incident and realize that this person is trying to erase their own inadequacy or unhappiness by transferring it to you. It won't make the incident go away, but it's one thing you can do to reduce the pain.
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