Significant emphasis is placed upon the notion that what has happened with the former male IMF MD wouldn't happen with a women at the helm? Really? Women in power? Women knowingly with strong personalities? Ever watched Disclosure?
While I understand that there certainly are differing behavioural probabilities by gender, I also believe that the implication that a woman at the helm could not be caught in the same circumstances also has a probability - and its not zero.
Power and money have corrupted many a soul - and maybe that shouldn't be a surprise? Is it not of fundamental nature to the human spirit to take advantage of opportunity? Like I have recently read - why do we think that millions of years of evolution and mental programing can be changed in several thousands of years of domestication and industrialization? I believe it is important to remember that with the abuse of power and money and influence (though diplomatic immunity here did not factor in), life takes active effort, and a conscious choice. To lead a life , personal and professional, filled with honesty and integrity and respect for others. I don't think men and women necessarily behave along gender lines in matters like this. They each have the same opportunity to behave in the way they choose - everyone, absolutely everyone makes their own choices.
For Mr. Strauss-Kahn, the consequences of his choices are now being realized.
“What’s happened with Strauss-Kahn underscores how great it would be to have a woman in the role,” said Kenneth S. Rogoff, a former I.M.F. chief economist who is now a professor at Harvard University.
If she gets the post, Ms. Lagarde would be the first woman to run the I.M.F. — or any large international financial institution, for that matter. But Mr. Rogoff indicated gender was only part of her appeal.READ FULL STORY HERE
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