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(Newsweek) Interesting Why powerful women are never caught in sex scandals   (newsweek.com) divider line 93
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log_jammin [TotalFark] 2008-03-23 12:16:20 AM  
I want to have sex with a powerful woman :(

 
Richard Saunders 2008-03-23 12:23:12 AM  
Because they aren't high school teachers?

 
missmez [TotalFark] 2008-03-23 12:26:31 AM  
Because people like to make up stories about powerful people that piss them off after they are too dead to punish them for doing so.

 
lawboy87 2008-03-23 12:30:51 AM  
Probably because they look like Maggie Thatcher, Indira Ghandi, Golda Meir and Hillary Clinton?

 
Jubeebee 2008-03-23 12:31:21 AM  
What does a man involved with a powerful woman have to gain by blabbing about their affair? He's already getting laid.

 
Walt_Jizzney 2008-03-23 12:31:43 AM  
lawboy87: Probably because they look like Maggie Thatcher, Indira Ghandi, Golda Meir and Hillary Clinton?

This. Also, because they don't have sex, or are Lesbians.

/not that there's anything wrong with that...

 
runslothrun 2008-03-23 12:32:26 AM  
i thought it was because all women are lying, cheating whores and, as such, noone cares.

 
starsrift 2008-03-23 12:33:16 AM  
I thought it was because the guy doesn't want to burn his bridges, after all, she may still put out.


/ -1 to subby for not linking straight to the article

 
Prospero424 [TotalFark] 2008-03-23 12:33:53 AM  
Women don't get caught cheating nearly as much simply because they aren't as sexually aggressive, and therefore reckless, as men.

Not saying they don't cheat, just that they don't seem to dive head-first into the act as an end unto itself like men such as Spitzer do.

 
Suicidal Writer 2008-03-23 12:34:25 AM  
I wish a powerful woman would take advantage of me :(

 
runslothrun 2008-03-23 12:36:31 AM  
Prospero424: Women don't get caught cheating nearly as much simply because they aren't as sexually aggressive, and therefore reckless, as men.

Not saying they don't cheat, just that they don't seem to dive head-first into the act as an end unto itself like men such as Spitzer do.


this made me laugh. and then a little pee came out. so i laughed again.

 
Gyrfalcon [TotalFark] 2008-03-23 12:36:36 AM  
Because once they're powerful women, they've got their men chained to the basement wall and don't let them out until AFTER they've been elected.

Also, we either pay in gold, or else in drugs, so no one will be able to trace our payments back to us. Only foolish men pay a hooker with a credit card.

 
I_Approve_Of_This_Message 2008-03-23 12:37:36 AM  
I would venture to guess that, for many power-hungry women, gaining the power is better than sex.

 
kingMountain [TotalFark] 2008-03-23 12:39:58 AM  
I_Approve_Of_This_Message: I would venture to guess that, for many power-hungry women, gaining the power is better than sex.

well, first you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get...the men.

 
optikeye [TotalFark] 2008-03-23 12:40:52 AM  
They're frigid?

 
Prospero424 [TotalFark] 2008-03-23 12:42:05 AM  
runslothrun: this made me laugh. and then a little pee came out. so i laughed again.

Meh, I'm just saying that powerful women tend to be very, very careful with stuff like that. Powerful men? Not so much.

 
cazman 2008-03-23 12:44:00 AM  
lawboy87: Probably because they look like Maggie Thatcher, Indira Ghandi, Golda Meir and Hillary Clinton?

Yup....gotta go with this.

 
NeuroticRocker [recently expired TotalFark] 2008-03-23 12:45:24 AM  
1) powerful women are so hungry to squash the men around her, she is asexual and does not need sex (asexual as in no desire, not self reproducing)

2) the men she sleeps with are just as powerful as her, and if anyone breaches the scandal, they all go down with her

3) people dont care when powerful women have sex with men...its a double standard

 
NeuroticRocker [recently expired TotalFark] 2008-03-23 12:46:35 AM  
log_jammin: I want to have sex with a powerful woman :(


FTFY

please

 
thunderbird8804 2008-03-23 12:47:34 AM  
When they fark their way into a mess, they just fark their way right back out?

 
kingMountain [TotalFark] 2008-03-23 12:48:15 AM  
it's because they don't have a penis.

 
Lenny and Carl 2008-03-23 12:48:26 AM  
NeuroticRocker

The grammar nazis are going to goose step all over that post.

 
Captain Darling 2008-03-23 12:48:33 AM  
lawboy87: Probably because they look like Maggie Thatcher, Indira Ghandi, Golda Meir and Hillary Clinton?

img245.imageshack.us
You don't think power is sexy?

 
Superjoe 2008-03-23 12:50:53 AM  
Women are attracted to power, men are attracted to big tits.

 
Yanks_RSJ 2008-03-23 12:50:54 AM  
Maybe because, unlike women, men can actually keep their mouths shut about something that happens in private?

 
runslothrun 2008-03-23 12:51:46 AM  
Prospero424: Meh, I'm just saying that powerful women tend to be very, very careful with stuff like that. Powerful men? Not so much.

i know what you meant. i'm of the opinion that there are people who "stray" (this includes just about everyone at one point or another in their lives) and then there are people who are addicted to whatever behavior they are into and are, therefore, unable to stop even though it may cost them everything.

in that line of thinking, i think there are far more men who suffer from that type of addictive/destructive behavior than there are women.

and it usually takes something fairly extreme to cause a "scandal". see clinton BJ versus larry craig wide-stance issue. everyone (and i do mean everyone) can understand (and probably appreciate) a BJ. very few people can relate to looking for thrills in a dirty airport bathroom stall. hence, scandal.

 
NeuroticRocker [recently expired TotalFark] 2008-03-23 12:53:31 AM  
Lenny and Carl: NeuroticRocker

The grammar nazis are going to goose step all over that post.


didnt bother to edit, dont care.

nazi schmatzi. my point was clear.

 
TheQuest35 2008-03-23 12:53:35 AM  
Maybe because women have held power for less amount of time? though offten the scandels reflect the Powerfull man exploiting the woman, and with a woman exploting a man not many people can muster enough anger.

 
Kuta 2008-03-23 12:56:52 AM  
scienceblogs.com

 
Prospero424 [TotalFark] 2008-03-23 01:00:44 AM  
runslothrun: i'm of the opinion that there are people who "stray" (this includes just about everyone at one point or another in their lives) and then there are people who are addicted to whatever behavior they are into and are, therefore, unable to stop even though it may cost them everything.

in that line of thinking, i think there are far more men who suffer from that type of addictive/destructive behavior than there are women.


I agree. I guess I was referring to powerful people who aren't nymphos or satyrs. Should have made that clear.

 
GunshipPolitico 2008-03-23 01:00:58 AM  
Kuta

How'd you get a picture of me and my ex!?

 
Sharkface217 2008-03-23 01:16:26 AM  
Women have sex?


/news to me

 
chuggernaught 2008-03-23 01:26:12 AM  
Catherine the Great?

 
mesohorny 2008-03-23 01:26:40 AM  
If women did run the world there would be the same amount of sex scandals maybe even more since most women are loose (easy to manipulate).

Every female boss or higher up i met thus far has slept around or flirted.


its a numbers game. when women start filling these positions the tables will turn.

 
meekychuppet 2008-03-23 01:27:04 AM  
I can't tell you what a surprise it is to see yet another article saying men have it easier and are permitted to be naughthy.

 
LordJiro 2008-03-23 01:36:43 AM  
Because they're usually ugly?

 
Dear Jerk 2008-03-23 01:45:07 AM  
Fidelity is something you should look for in your personal relationships. It is practically irrelevant in a politician.

 
Navin R Johnson 2008-03-23 01:45:07 AM  
lawboy87: Probably because they look like Maggie Thatcher, Indira Ghandi, Golda Meir and Hillary Clinton?

This.

Women are attracted to men with money and power, no matter how oogly they be, but it doesn't usually work in reverse.

 
log_jammin [TotalFark] 2008-03-23 01:51:20 AM  
NeuroticRocker: FTFY

please


please what?

 
meekychuppet 2008-03-23 01:54:10 AM  
NeuroticRocker: didnt bother to edit, dont care.

That's because you're stupid.

 
SSP [TotalFark] 2008-03-23 02:04:36 AM  
Richard Saunders: Because they aren't high school teachers?

This.

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LordJiro 2008-03-23 02:11:24 AM  
lawboy87: Probably because they look like Maggie Thatcher, Indira Ghandi, Golda Meir and Hillary Clinton?

Ah, it seems my point was already made. CTRL+F for 'ugly' failed me.

 
EmmaLou 2008-03-23 02:25:41 AM  
Because women don't need to pay for it? Unless you're the President, just having an extramarital affair isn't that big of a deal...except if it's with a prostitute.

 
Craptastic 2008-03-23 02:46:30 AM  
SSP: Richard Saunders: Because they aren't high school teachers?

This.


That.

 
bheilig 2008-03-23 03:08:58 AM  
I predicted that would be a stupid article.

And I was right.

 
Biological Ali 2008-03-23 03:24:39 AM  
lawboy87: Probably because they look like Maggie Thatcher, Indira Ghandi, Golda Meir and Hillary Clinton?

cafecrem.files.wordpress.com

begs to differ.

 
Kuta 2008-03-23 03:35:54 AM  
Women are more likely to choose a man of high status with whom to have an affair. This man will also face LOSING A LOT if the affair is discovered. Therefore, secrecy is imperative.

Men are more likely to ball interns and women who have not yet attained some semblance of status. These women are the ones who are more likely to blab about the affair because they have little to lose.

 
wowzer97pooh 2008-03-23 03:50:49 AM  
Men will have sex with knotholes in fences. Anything above that is just fancy living.

 
RealFarknMcCoy2 2008-03-23 04:03:07 AM  
Tucci: MEN CAN KEEP THEIR MOUTHS SHUT.

LOL!!! Men are completely incapable of keeping their mouths shut. I've had to dump a couple of them for bragging to their friends about sleeping with me when I specifically told them not to. They apparently just "couldn't help themselves"...

/never married, just don't like my private life made public

 
BUrp 2008-03-23 05:23:31 AM  
There's always a chance the Huma/Hillary thing proves to be true.

/insert unlikely tag

 
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