Among a group of women shouting "We're all chambermaids!", one softly-spoken 43-year-old was glad to see feminists taking to Paris streets in the wake of the Dominique Strauss-Kahn affair. The well-dressed woman, who now counsels sexual violence victims, said she had been attacked by a French businessman with political connections but had never pressed charges.
"I was raped by a powerful man. I went to the police, they said the pressure would fall on me and I risked being destroyed. I didn't take it any further. Victims feel they have almost no voice in France. We hope that might change now."
France now talks about "before and after DSK". Two weeks since the head of the International Monetary Fund and great Socialist hope for president was arrested and charged with attempting to rape a New York hotel maid, a sexual revolution is underway. More...
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