  Italy's Sex Scandals Jar View of Women's Success  Wednesday,
October 26, 2011  One of Silvio Berlusconi's "escorts" has
publicly encouraged women to view their beauty as a marketable
asset. Some of the prime minister's political opponents say his
tenure has degraded the atmosphere for women in the work force.
ROME (WOMENSENEWS)--When Terry De Nicolo, a 38-year-old escort
and regular visitor of Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi,
was interviewed by a public television program last June she
defended a woman's right to see her body as a marketable asset.
"Beauty is an economic value and must be sold like any other
skill. If you are a beautiful woman you must be able to sell
your body in order to achieve your goal. If you are ugly you
need to stay at home and live a mean life with only 2,000 euro
(around 2,700 U.S. dollars) a month," she said.  De Nicolo went
on to say that every Italian woman would jump at an invitation
to one of Berlusconi's parties and the chance of making
connections to become rich