Sexual Risks

Just when the entire world has been riveted by the risque behavior of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, who is so infamously under house arrest now for the alleged attempted rape of a New York city hotel maid, another Democratic politician has been making waves in the media outlets these days for all the wrong reasons. And what exactly has Anthony Weiner been guilty of? You guessed it right - for none other than risky sexual behavior! The Congressman has been downright stupid indeed to have photographed his private parts and emailed/tweeted them to several young women he had never met in his life. What was he thinking, or then again, was he thinking at all?

In my last post, I'd talked about successful men in power who engage in risky sexual acts, knowing very well that if their behavior is exposed, they will fall from grace for sure. Then why on earth do they do it? Their behavior reveals an underlying compulsion that prompts them to take calculated risks, and the power they wield in society gives them a feeling of invincibility. When they do not get caught the first time, it emboldens them a great deal, and they go farther and farther with their kinky behavior till they are royally trapped one day, with no means of escape whatsoever. We see this drama being played out time and time again with many of the famous and powerful men who treat women as sex objects or take them by force to cater to their lust. Some go to ridiculous extremes in their dalliances, such as Italy's Silvio Berlusconi, the aged President, who is experiencing a political fallout because of his penchant for wild parties and orgies with nubile young women young enough to be his grandchildren.

For a rising star in politics like Anthony Weiner, who hobnobs with the powerful elite such as the Clintons, and whose wife is expecting their first child, this behavior of his screams "Narcissism!" That, and compulsion combined, is a logical explanation. The Republicans and many Democrats too are crying for his blood and calling for his resignation, but how it will play out eventually remains to be seen. Weiner has refused to quit, and says he never met any of these women or had a physical relationship with any of them, but his cyber exploits have raised so much of discussion about ethics in politics and the like. All that can be said for now is that public memory is short-lived, and when the next scandal comes out, the existing one gets blown away into oblivion. That may be one of the reasons why these powerful men indulge in such risque behavior with impunity. Perhaps Weiner is doing just that, waiting for the next scandal to become public, so the media will forget his foolishness and latch on to the next victim quickly enough.