Driving the recent sex scandals is more than just a superinflated ego

Philadelphia Inquirer Friday 20th May, 2011

In 1971, Henry Kissinger said: "Power is the great aphrodisiac." Two years later, he pumped it up: "Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac." Since David first set eyes on Bathsheba, powerful men have been doing foolish sexual things in a sybaritic salsa across the world's pages. Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger admits to having a child, by housekeeper Mildred Baena, threatening his marriage. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who resigned Wednesday as head of the International Monetary Fund, is indicted on charges of sexual assault and attempted rape. And Nevada's John Ensign flees the Senate before he can be expelled for a nasty sex scandal. What is it with these guys? That question faces us with the depredations of power; a misled, disappointed search for intimacy; and the sickness at t...

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