How should the media treat the lurid stories from Dominque
Strauss-Kahn's past? It's a tough question, and one that
commenter @WAKnight explored in-depth:  1) I'm not particularly
comfortable with the combination of stories about DSK's
'dalliances' and accounts of his trips to swinger's clubs with
the reports of his long history of sexual harassment, let alone
calling a similar episode with a maid a 'dalliance.'  Mixing
them together either stigmatizes consensual sex or minimizes
sexual harassment and rape.  2) On the other hand this whole
thing makes me think of how the whole idea of a 'seducer' isn't
unrelated to rape.  When we say that someone is a seducer we do
not mean he is a hot, charming guy whom women want to have sex
with -- as I said above, I don't think that should be the
subject of serious opprobrium.  A seducer is seen as someone who
controls women's sexuality, who can bend them to his will. 
Theoretically without force, but the underlying attitude of
having someone else in your power isn't real