P.S. re Sir Thomas and DSK

For those who might be interested and have not already taken the trouble to browse the Net on this subject, the following is just a sampler of responsible journalists and intelligent bloggers who have all written about Strauss-Kahn's pattern of behavior toward women over many years, and who have also written about the political, legal and journalistic culture of France which has shaped a very different response to same than would ever have occurred in the United States:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/french-reaction-to-strauss-kahn-case-marks-cultural-shift/2011/07/02/AGZubZvH_story.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/dominique-strausskahn-whats-in-a-reputation-2284965.html

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/MindMoodNews/dominique-strauss-kahn-ladies-man-sexual-predator/story?id=13612519

http://www.economist.com/node/18712833

http://youngfeministtaskforce.blogspot.com/2011/07/dominique-strauss-kahn-so-much-for-us.html

http://crunkfeministcollective.wordpress.com/2011/07/07/dominique-strauss-kahn-and-whos-really-being-set-up-here/

The part that I believe would have been of greatest interest to Jane Austen is the hypocrisy, the accommodation to the exertion of male power over women.

Cheers, ARNIE