Bad Boys

What is with these guys? Can you even keep track of all the self-destructive behavior we're reading about every day? What causes men in powerful positions to behave like rutting jerks? Do they really think the object of their lust is not going to talk?

Obviously not. Dominque Strauss-Kahn may have thought the maid he accosted would think she was lucky to be raped by the future president of France, or worse, that no one would believe her because she was a black maid.

The other Lotharios must think the women are content just to be on the receiving end of their bad behavior. The gals, while feigning breathless passion, are probably thinking about who they can sell their story to. Maybe it will help launch their careers, they think, into show business, modeling or Playboy. At the very least, they will get their fifteen minutes of fame.

They have reason to think it, too. Several of the many mistresses of Tiger Woods were profiled and photographed in a lavish spread for Vanity Fair. They revealed things about their relationships with him you would really rather never know, but with each detail they could hear the ca-chink! of the cash register.

Ashley Dupre, aka Kristen, the call girl who cavorted with Eliot Spitzer, former governor of New York, now writes an advice column for the New York Post. She donned a pair of glasses to show she is a serious person.

Arnold Schwarzenegger's housekeeper has kept a discreet silence so far, but what do you want to bet she has received a few lucrative offers to tell her story? Can't you see it as a made-for-TV movie?

The young women on the receiving end of Congressman Anthony Weiner's lascivious tweets seem to be enjoying their few minutes in the spotlight. Will you be surprised if a few of them end up featured as Weiner's Girls in some magazine? Here's a thought: Why not photograph them roasting wieners on a grill?

The bad boys effectively flush their powerful careers down the toilet. You'd think history would have taught them that they might get caught with, well, their pants down.

Bad girls seem to benefit, at least temporarily, from bad boys' behavior.