IMF boss stumbles over masculine blindness

The accusations of a hotel maid could be the ruin of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund. Even powerful men can't get away with everything, the daily De Morgen comments with satisfaction: "True, every man is innocent until proved guilty. ... But Strauss-Kahn can't deny his murky past regarding women. Under every strong man there's a willing woman, his image seems to proclaim. From the perspective of masculine blindness this can be justified. Many powerful predecessors have gotten away with such behaviour. ... Today both top banker Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Wikileaks figurehead Julian Assange have been forced to realise that the lust of the alpha male does not take precedence over a woman's No. The reason for that No is irrelevant. No doesn't mean Yes. My body belongs to me. This is the way it has been for many years."

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