Download or read book Surviving Political Sex Scandals written by Joseph McDonnell-Myers and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Public Affairs written by Paul Apostolidis and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2004-01-14 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public affairs—or sex scandals—involving prominent politicians are as revealing of American culture as they are of individual peccadillos. Implicated in their unfolding are a broad range of institutions, trends, questions, and struggles, including political parties, Hollywood, the Christian right, new communications technologies, the restructuring of corporate media, feminist and civil rights debates, and the meaning of public life in the “society of the spectacle.” The contributors to Public Affairs examine, from a variety of perspectives, how political sex scandals take shape, gain momentum, and alter the U.S. political and cultural landscape. The essays in Public Affairs reflect on a number of sex scandals while emphasizing the Clinton/Lewinsky affair, certainly the most avidly followed and momentous sex scandal in American political history. Leading scholars situate contemporary public affairs in the context not only of earlier sex scandals in American politics (such as Thomas Jefferson’s and Sally Hemings’s affair), but also of more purely political scandals (including Teapot Dome and Watergate) and sex scandals centered around public figures other than politicians (such as the actor Hugh Grant and the minister Jimmy Swaggart). Some essays consider the Clinton affair in light of feminist and anti-racist politics, while others discuss the dynamics of scandals as major media events. By charting a critical path through the muck of scandal rather than around it, Public Affairs illuminates why sex scandals have become such a prominent feature of American public life. Contributors. Paul Apostolidis, Jodi Dean, Joshua Gamson, Theodore J. Lowi, Joshua D. Rothman, George Shulman, Anna Marie Smith, Jeremy Varon, Juliet A. Williams
Download or read book Sex Scandals in American Politics written by Alison Dagnes and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the misbehavior of President Clinton to Governor Mark Sanford's Argentinean tryst, sex scandals have become a prominent feature of American public life. This unique collection of essays explains why politicians elected for their leadership and promises of ethical behavior risk their career, and the socio-political consequences of their actions. It argues that political sex scandals are distinct from other types of sex scandals because the nature of elected office is very different from "civilian" life. The construction, disgrace, and aftermath of political sex scandals are examined from different academic angles, including the politics of place, human communication, political psychology, media, sociology, feminism, and criminology. The essays delve into the role of culture and geography on the political outcome of a scandal, the rhetoric of apologia, the psychology of risk, trends and patterns in media coverage, the impact on different organized interests, legal ramifications, and how different countries view political sex scandal.This accessible work will engage anyone studying American politics, political behavior, political communication as well as sociological issues and the role of the media.
Download or read book Sex Scandals Gender and Power in Contemporary American Politics written by Hinda Mandell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-04-17 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining how gender impacts political sex scandals in the United States, this book explains how political sex scandals contribute to the mistrust of government and identifies why these events have serious consequences for our political system. The increasing tabloidization of politics and focus on politicians involved in sex scandals is both problematic and important. When a major political sex scandal occurs, it occupies as much as 25 percent of all news coverage in the United States. Even if people may deny it, they enjoy "consuming" and talking about political sex scandals. Written by a former journalist who has frequently explored the intersections of politics, sex, and gender in the United States, Sex Scandals, Gender, and Power in Contemporary American Politics investigates how political sex scandals contribute to the mistrust of government and why these events have great significance in our frenzied media environment. The book makes use of comprehensive descriptive data (including statistics) to explain how political sex scandals are a representation of society's broader gender dynamics, conveying subtle messages about power and morality. It addresses the roles of men and women in political sex scandals over time, the increasing tabloidization of politics, and the often-overlooked consequences of sex scandals for the political system. Author Hinda Mandell also documents how scandals' multiple negative effects for the politicians themselves and for society include turning politics into a spectator sport, contributing to the mistrust of government, the questioning of politicians' competence and judgment as a group, and politicians' diminishing effectiveness in office.
Download or read book Politicians Behaving Badly written by Paulina S. Cossette and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-12-06 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines citizens' attitudes about sexual harassment in the #MeToo era, seeking to determine how much these attitudes may have changed over the past few years. Using an innovative experimental research design, the authors look at how people react to allegations of harassment made against a fictional member of Congress. They consider whether those reactions vary with the offender's party affiliation, gender, and response to the allegations. Appropriate for students, scholars, and general readers alike, this book offers a timely analysis of an important political issue.
Download or read book Politicians Behaving Badly written by Paulina S. Cossette and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-10 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History tells us that elected leaders tainted by scandal often pay a political price for their questionable behavior. Some prior research suggests that, on average, the impact of economic scandal (e.g., misuse of public funds) is more damaging than that of sexual misbehavior (e.g., extramarital affairs). But we are currently in an era in which allegations of sexual misbehavior have taken center stage - and the focus today is less on issues of morality than on allegations of sexual harassment and assault broadly defined. Especially since 2016, such allegations have engulfed a large and growing number of political figures. Many were forced to resign their positions, while others chose to end their campaigns for election or re-election. With the rise of the #MeToo movement and related grassroots efforts to address the problem of sexual harassment, the issue seems likely to play an important role in the 2020 elections and beyond. This book employs data from an internet-based survey (based on a national sample of roughly 1300 registered voters) to examine citizens' attitudes about sexual harassment, and the extent to which those attitudes shape their voting preferences. With an innovative experimental design, the authors assess whether those attitudes and preferences vary with the target candidate's partisan affiliation (Republican or Democrat); gender (male or female); and response to the allegations (denial, apology, or with some sort of counterframe as defined in the book). Appropriate for students, scholars, and general readers alike, this book offers a timely analysis of an important political issue.
Download or read book The Conscience of a Nation written by C. Victor Mbakpuo and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2005-06-23 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than three decades now, sex has been playing a critical role in American politics. Ted Kennedy dropped out of presidential politics in 1969 because of sex. Gary Hart and Richard Celeste dropped out of the 1988 presidential election because of sex. House Speaker-Designate Bob Livingston resigned in 1998, and House Speaker David Henderson resigned in 1903, all because of sex. Way back in 1796, Alexander Hamilton lost presidential election because of sex. For William Jefferson Clinton, it led to his impeachment. Before this, his sex scandals held him back from running for president. Intriguingly, Americans react with extreme furor at news of sex scandals by politicians, even though they're not better than the politicians. What is the sexual morality of the American populace crying foul over politicians? When did sex fall in love with politics to trip it out of sanity? What was the press doing feeding sex to politics? Now, for the first time, a comprehensive study is undertaken which examines: ● The morals of Nations-the elements of morality are discussed, examples cited. ● The morals of Americans-lying, stealing, infidelity, adultery, murder-for-hire, etc. ● The morals of a Politician-the dirty ways of politicians are examined. ● The character of an American president in relation to job performance. ● The place of sex in American life-discussing American sexual practices from 1948 to the present. For more than three decades now, sex has been playing a critical role in American politics. Ted Kennedy dropped out of presidential politics in 1969 because of sex. Gary Hart and Richard Celeste dropped out of the 1988 presidential election because of sex. House Speaker-Designate Bob Livingston resigned in 1998, and House Speaker David Henderson resigned in 1903, all because of sex. Way back in 1796, Alexander Hamilton lost presidential election because of sex. For William Jefferson Clinton, it led to his impeachment. Before this, his sex scandals held him back from running for president. Intriguingly, Americans react with extreme furor at news of sex scandals by politicians, even though they're not better than the politicians. What is the sexual morality of the American populace crying foul over politicians? When did sex fall in love with politics to trip it out of sanity? What was the press doing feeding sex to politics? Now, for the first time, a comprehensive study is undertaken which examines: ● The morals of Nations-the elements of morality are discussed, examples cited. ● The morals of Americans-lying, stealing, infidelity, adultery, murder-for-hire, etc. ● The morals of a Politician-the dirty ways of politicians are examined. ● The character of an American president in relation to job performance. ● The place of sex in American life-discussing American sexual practices from 1948 to the present. [Hard Return]● Sex as a gatekeeper for those entering into politics. ● Past presidents and sex scandals-a thorough discussion of all past presidents and their sex scandals. ● Victims and survivors of sex scandals in American politics-a list of all politicians and the circumstances of their sex scandals is done. ● The public's right to know politicians' private sex lives and the costs-benefits analysis of such right. ● The politics of personal destruction in America. ● Clinton's sexual addiction and sex scandals and their exploits by his political foes. ● Clinton's Impeachment and the partisan rancor that precipitated it. ● Clinton's Grand Jury Testimony, Confession and Apology. ● The role of the Press in siring sex on politics and causing so much muckraking. ● Clinton's Survival, Character and Fate. ● The Whitewater investigations and how they branched into Clinton's underpants. Agai
Download or read book Libertines written by J. Michael Martinez and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-06-15 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Libertines seeks to understand why public figures sometimes take extraordinary risks, sullying their good names, humiliating their families, placing themselves in legal jeopardy, and potentially destroying their political careers as they seek to gratify their sexual desires. From Hamilton to Trump and the many in between, each case of sexual misconduct in this book shows the seamy side of political lives, with calculations about covering discretions or portraying them favorably occurring only after the fact.
Download or read book Scandal and American Politics in the 21st Century written by Robert Busby and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-01-22 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how scandal allegations have been managed in the contemporary era in the United States and how understandings of the impact of scandal on political credibility have changed over time. It incorporates prominent scandals, at both federal and state level, in which sudden and unexpected revelations created an uncertain political environment. The primary focus is on sex scandals and how damage limitation strategies have been utilized in order to try to limit and accommodate a demise in political standing. The book considers how damage limitation strategies were utilized, the core components of each, and their impact on the political standing of the individuals involved. Rather than marking the end of a political journey, scandal increasingly appears to be an issue that can be perceived as a temporary impediment in a political career.
Download or read book Compromising Positions written by Dr. Leslie Dorrough Smith and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-11-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Americans have long believed that the private lives of their politicians are important indicators of their fitness to lead and of their ability to defend and uphold American values. For many, a sex scandal renders a person ineligible, or at the very least questionably qualified, for public service. In Compromising Positions, Leslie Dorrough Smith questions the assumption that sex scandals are really about sex-- that is, that they are primarily concerned with the discovery of sexual misconduct. She argues that they are, instead, a form of cultural storytelling that uses racial and gendered symbols to create a collective sense of national worth and strength. Smith shows that sex scandals involve the use of four very powerful social tools--gender, race, politics, and religion-- that together create a rhetoric about what America is, who is eligible to formally represent it, and what types of symbolic religiosity such leaders must display to legitimize their power. Americans tend to condemn or excuse the sexual misdeeds of their politicians depending on the degree to which the individual in question reinforces evangelical interpretations of "American values" and a "Christian nation." Such values include not just moral integrity, but strength, courage, and conquest. As a consequence, sex scandals are less likely to occur in cultural moments when the public is open to reading a politician's moral lapse as a symbolic form of national dominance. Put simply, when a leader is perceived as strong, domineering, and necessary for national health, many people will find ways either to overlook his illicit sexual behavior or somehow read it as an American act.
Download or read book Strength in Numbers written by Ginger D. White and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-03-03 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strength In Numbers In this real life tale of sexual misconduct, affairs and political sideshows of 'he said she said'. You will read of how one woman's very private and personal life quickly became one of public humiliation. Get lost in the story of this strong and determined Black woman who decided to risk it all when she decided to stand up for what was right. In doing so she lost everything. Her reputation was ruined and her life was thrown into the spotlight of extreme and harsh criticism. Not to mention the constant and continued denial of the truth by then Republican Presidential Candidate Herman Cain. The interesting point of view and stories shared by Ginger White and several other amazingly courageous women will sometimes have you laughing, crying and shaking your head in disbelief. These real life issues experienced by real life women is a riveting must read. Strength in Numbers is full of bold and emotional stories. Heart felt stories that are brutally open and honest. It will take you on a rollercoaster ride you will never forget. Page after page you will be shocked and even at times intrigued by the fearless and courageous stories of some of these women. You will read of Ginger White's determination and how she refused to neither give up nor hold her head down in shame. Lastly, you will take a ride into the lives of women who have survived so much more than a political scandal and why Ginger turned to them for strength. You will have the opportunity to engulf yourself in the stories of these fearless women and for the first time ever understand the true depth of a woman. I hope after reading these stories you too will feel encouragement when things appear hopeless, strength when trying to overcome your toughest obstacles and the determination to never give up!
Download or read book The City and Sex written by Mary Beth McConahey and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2015-10-08 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The City and Sex examines American political sex scandals at the national level. Studying these events over time with an emphasis on the evolving responses of both statesmen and citizens reveals the republic’s deteriorating moral health and illuminates the country’s dangerous tendency toward servitude. Using scandals as a window through which to glimpse our deterioration, the book identifies a trajectory of decline beginning in the twentieth century, by which Americans became less tutored in virtue, less spirited in citizenship, less agreed on questions of moral significance, and ultimately less dexterous in exercising the skills of self-government. It seeks to show that the freedom from virtue won through the collapse of moral standards has produced an American citizenry increasingly prone to the kind of dependence and enslavement Alexis de Tocqueville cautioned against in the 1830s.
Download or read book Glass Houses written by Stanley G. Hilton and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1998-11-15 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Scandal written by Suzanne Garment and published by Anchor. This book was released on 1992 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A widely respected authority on national politics explores the world of post-Watergate Washington and provides the essential details to understand how government has become paralyzed by endless hearings and investigations. Updated to include new material on Clarence Thomas, Anita Hill, and Bill Clinton.
Download or read book A Vast Conspiracy written by Jeffrey Toobin and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2020-05-26 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The inspiration for Impeachment: American Crime Story on FX The definitive account of the Clinton-Lewinsky sex scandals, the extraordinary ordeal that nearly brought down a president—with a new preface by the author that reframes the events in light of the Me Too movement “A story as taut and surprising as any thriller . . . [an] unimpeachable page-turner.”—People First published a year after the infamous impeachment trial, this propulsive narrative captures the full arc of the Clinton sex scandals—from their beginnings in a Little Rock hotel to their culmination on the floor of the United States Senate with only the second vote on presidential removal in American history. Rich in character and fueled with the high octane of a sensational legal thriller, A Vast Conspiracy has indelibly shaped our understanding of this disastrous moment in American political history.
Download or read book The Brotherhood of the Disappearing Pants written by Joseph Minton Amann and published by Nation Books. This book was released on 2007-11-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the months prior to the 2006 midterm elections, a series of scandals rocked the Republican Party, which helped set the stage for the vigorous undressing that the GOP ultimately received at the hands of Nancy Pelosi and company. Along with the President's own feckless foreign policy, this guilt-by-association helped turn a tsunami tide of public sentiment against the administration and its party. The party was undoubtedly hurt most (at least as far as scandals are concerned) by Congressman Mark Foley's tireless efforts both to establish a national child predator database and to keep his own name off of it. Foley managed to drown an already foundering party — proving for the umpteenth time that when it comes to politics, there's nothing that the public remembers and reacts to quite like a lurid sex scandal. But while Foley's prominence thrust the story into the media spotlight, his is just the tip of a very large, very phallic iceberg. Indeed, there's far more to the conservative creep-fest than the high-profile Foley scandal, Clarence Thomas's Dadaistic come-ons, and Bill O'Reilly's many chickpea-related indiscretions. It's enough, at least, to fill a book.
Download or read book Fall from Grace written by Shelley Ross and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Washington scandal is more than accidental -- it's an American tradition! Political misdeeds are older than the republic. Throughout history an aggressive news media has consistently exposed irregularities and illegalities on all sides -- helping to shape our perceptions about politics and politicians. This fact-filled book names the names and sets the scenes -- from almost every presidential administration -- letting loose history's best-kept secrets and most infamous scandals, such as: "The Governor in Skirts" -- In 1702, Lord Cornbury, New York's drunken, cross-dressing Colonial governor-general, insisted on wearing formal hooped skirts and lady's accessories in public as a tribute to the fashionable Queen Anne. "The Overzealous Colonel" -- Oliver North's predecessor in clandestine paramilitary activities was William S. Smith, in Thomas Jefferson's administration. Intent on aiding Venezuelan freedom fighters in their battle against Spanish occupation, he raised private funds, secured weapons, and enlisted soldiers of fortune for his private army. Drawing comparisons between malfeasance in times gone by and today's simmering scandals, Fall From Grace demonstrates how our intriguing if imperfect system manages to stay afloat -- almost despite itself -- and exposes the all-too-fallible men and women who take the front page by storm.
