it was le perv, one stupid pun after another on the cover of "the new york post."sudden he's an angel, she's a demon. that is one of the worst source stories i'm seen. i can't believe even "the new york post" would run that story, no matter what her background is. >> regardless of where the truth lay in this particular case, the arrest of dsk sparked a media debate in france over the treatment of women and whether or not more women should go public when they are sexually harassed or sexually assaulted as some of the women in dsk's past were afraid to speak up because he's such a powerful figure there. >> for us as french women, and i as a journalist, we've had a shock and open eyes, i would say. what chris just said was that the french people now are sort of willing to see dominique strauss-kahn coming back in the political scene. what i would be very interested in is to see what is the difference in perception between the woman and the man. there was a very interesting quote this morning "new york times" in the of silvi kaufmann, the firand he said he still hadx w

once the public recovers from the tabloid whiplash that portrayed straus-kahn as le perv for weeks -- then suddenly decided on scant evidence that his immigrant was a prostitute and it will be one that calls into question not only his morals but perhaps more important for a man who would be or would have been president his judgment. what are they like in france as far as coming back from a reputation like this even if he's not convicted, even if these charges are dropped? >> i think that's exactly right. as things cool off a little bit, people will say, wait a minute, the best construction you can put on this case is that he decided on the spur of the moment after just stepping out of the shower when a maid walked in to his room that he was going to if not compel her, at least ask her to perform falacio on him, a complete stranger. is this the kind of man who really should be president of france? >> is it surprising to you being that even in a best case sean arrow he basically admits through the defense team he did cheat on his wife and there was a sexual encounter there, are you surp