French voters who have shrugged at politicians' infidelities for decades are suddenly grappling with something far more serious: allegations that International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn engaged in a pattern of sexual assaults dating to at least 2002.Strauss Kahn's defenders say his self acknowledged reputation as a womanizer made him vulnerable to a baseless smear campaign aimed at derailing the most serious threat to President Nicolas Sarkozy in national elections next year. They point out that Strauss-Kahn's accusers in France have yet to file formal complaints, let alone offer evidence. But other commentators are wondering if the long-standing French tolerance for private sexual misadventures has allowed criminality by one of France's bestknown public figures to go unpunished. Questions are being raised about what some call or unofficial law of silence in France about sexual misconduct.
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