Reply #63: Indeed. [View All]

I was in Paris when this happened and was able to watch the media reaction, which portrayed DSK as the victim. It was shocking, to say the least. For days afterwards, the media continued to root for DSK and to express outrage about the perp walk, while openly stating the alleged victim's name. An early editorial suggested that the incident would never have been publicized if it had happened in France -- later, several of my French acquaintances agreed that the maid would have been either hushed up, or laughed at if she tried to speak out. It does seem like France is at least 30 years behind the U.S. on taking rape seriously. I am glad that people inside and outside France are finally recognizing what this incident, and the French media's reaction to it, say about French attitudes towards women.