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| Dominique Strauss-Kahn: 'Half man, half pig'? | |
| 2013-02-22 | |
| [FRANCE24] Dominique Strauss-Kahn "is half man, half pig", according to a former lover who has detailed their seven-month relationship in a kiss-and-tell book to be released next week. Extracts of "Belle et Bête" -- which can be translated as "Beauty and the Beast" or "Beautiful and Stupid" -- were published in respected weekly news magazine Le Nouvel Observateur This is considered news in France? Thursday, alongside an exclusive interview with author Marcela Iacub, a lawyer and newspaper columnist. Strauss-Kahn, known in France by his initials DSK and once billed as a possible Socialist candidate for the 2012 French presidential election, is described as unfeeling, selfish and sexually obsessed, "an artist of the sewers, a poet of abasement and filth". But these are the very traits that appealed to Iacub, who started her seven-month relationship with DSK in 2012, a year after he was infamously accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid at the New York Sofitel. Boy howdy, lucky for her she knew what she was getting into... "You have had a long list of sexual conquests ... of mostly vulgar and unattractive women," she wrote in the style of an open letter to her former lover. "It is one of the authentic and wonderful traits of the true pig, a form of generosity that you show to all women prepared to receive you."
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 gromky, it is clear your education about women is woefully incomplete. It is also clear that all those trying helpfully to educate you will not be able to crack the extra-thick skull of your preconceptions. An aluminum baseball bat in professional hands is what's needed, and I have neither the time nor the energy to devote to this little project. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2013-02-22 22:03 |
| #8 I guess this is where the pork hits the sausage slicer. Ouch!!! |
| Posted by: Raider 2013-02-22 18:25 |
| #7 I'm not sure it's the alpha male thing and is instead a masochistic thing. They obviously have some guilt issues and desire someone to punish them. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick - Schlumberger Squishy Mud Division 2013-02-22 16:54 |
| #6 Nah. Just a sad student of female nature. This woman *knew* DSK was an accused rapist and yet she still accepted him. Why? Because women treasure an alpha male above all and will forgive any sins to be with him. Sad but true. |
| Posted by: gromky 2013-02-22 15:21 |
| #5 half man half pig |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-02-22 08:08 |
| #4 I think gromky was seated at the bar when he wrote that... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2013-02-22 08:03 |
| #3 Some women, gromky. And that's not an alpha, just a porcine. |
| Posted by: lotp 2013-02-22 05:44 |
| #2 Women. These selfish traits are highly prized by women, as they denote an alpha male of high quality. Suppose he was nice? Then he's too boring. Women. |
| Posted by: gromky 2013-02-22 02:41 |
| #1 "an artist of the sewers, a poet of abasement and filth". The French have a way with words.... |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-02-22 01:08 |