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Do Powerful Men Need Something Else to Keep Them Motivated?

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Some time ago, Dominique Strauss Kahn , the former chief of the IMF, had everything going for him: money, wealth, the most prestigious global position one could have, a great achiever for a wife, and was even a kind of leader-in-waiting for France. Yet he was caught with his pants down, and accused of rape, kicking off an embarrassing scandal, especially for one so high-powered, well established and respected, which ultimately lost him his job. Worse still, it emerged that he had a string of liaisons, and treated women none too greatly, perhaps like his own candy shop where he could always help himself and with no questions asked. But he was not unique. At the same time, in the United States Congress, other lawmakers were also allowing their brains too move south too, especially Anthony Weiner (who used his phone to send "crotch and bulge-revealing photos" to women, including a high school girl) ) and David Wu (who was accused of having sex with a supporter's 18 year...