It’s been a good week since revelations about two powerful men have come out. On opposite sides of the spectrum of sleazy male behavior. One is a cheater, the other is an alleged rapist. And both had extremely powerful positions in the public scene.

[image is from flickr user: Jurvetson]

After 25 years of marriage, Arnold Schwarzenneger is separating from his wife, Maria Shriver. Though it could have been a matter of their difference in political affiliations finally catching up with them (Shriver is a Dem, Arnold is from the GOP,) it was later on revealed that they split up because the former Governator had fathered a love child with their housekeeper. (It gets worse—the kid was born a few months after Maria gave birth to their son.) A whole media circus has ensued with the gossip rags rushing to show the face of the housekeeper first and trying to uncover more dirt about Arnold—how many more women does have he hiding in the closet? Especially with early stories about orgies and excessive drug use–this was way way way before he became the Governator, or so we hope.

[image is from Guillaume Paumier via Wikipedia]
Then there’s Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who probably is a stranger to most people who know and love Ah-nold. As Head of the International Monetary Fund (basically an international organization that takes care of the global financial system–an important thing now that so many countries are experiencing some form of financial crisis,) DSK had a lot of power in his hands. Unfortunately, it seems that all power has gone to his head—no, the other head. With allegations of sexual misconduct towards a hotel employee, he has now resigned from his position, was released on bail pending trial with an ankle bracelet. His wife has continually defended him and there were many conspiracy theories pushed forward about him being set up because of being in the middle of important talks regarding Greece’s financial future, but it looks like something is up.

So it looks whether or not you’ve got the power or the money, you can be a major douchebag. Especially towards women. What do you think?

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