There were no good guys or innocents there. And remember, all of this was happening during a moment of national crisis. The government was under a budget shutdown and Bill was dealing with the war in the Balkans in the phone while she serviced him.
That said Monica's mother should have told Monica that older powerful men are NOT going to give up power and riches to 'leave the wife who 'doesn't understand them' for a young starry eyed bimbo.
The African "Prince" who wants you to split large sums of money with him if you'll help him get his cash out of the country? He's lying too.
And Weinstein? He's NOT going to give every easy lay a job in the movies...
I'm sure there's more... but I don't have time to write a twelve volume book set...