Monica Lewinsky is trending on Twitter. She is a brave young woman.

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54. I only mention John Kerry because he's a handsome guy and the first name I thought of.

What I said about John Kerry was this:

"If someone put up a picture of John Kerry would someone feel compelled to point out what he looked like or if they found him handsome or not?"

We can talk about other handsome guys if you want. James May for instance, but I'm not sure if everyone here is familiar with Top Gear or any of the other BBC programming he did. I also think Clive Barker is a handsome guy, but again I am not sure how many people are familiar with him or his writing....but that's the point, I'm talking about these men and immediately talking about what they've accomplished as well as the fact that they are handsome, to me.

And thank you for agreeing that to just point out that someone is attractive with no other comment is somewhat insulting. That was my point. I know that Monica was involved in fashion for a while, she was marketing pocketbooks. I know that she also does work speaking out against cyber bullying.

"It is a better equivalence to compare comments on his looks to comments on HILLARY's ... or Bill's -- not Monica Lewinsky's. "

I don't think we should be commenting on anyone's looks. I wouldn't want random people judging me on how I look.

"It is very insulting to him to suggest the comments on Monica would be equivalent to comments on him. In fact, you could have ... and didn't make the comparison with her paramour, Bill? Was it that you considered he, but somehow the far more decent Kerry, deserved more respect.

Not to mention - nearly every article in the 1970s when he spoke out referred to Kerry as handsome and many added charming. "

It has nothing to do with respect, that's my entire point. Why is it seen as perfectly okay to objectify Monica by saying, "Pretty woman." I try to judge people on the content of their character, not the wrapper that they come in.