It's a scandal ... let's head for Mexico!
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September 9, 2011, Friday
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WHEN politician Dominique Strauss-Kahn arrived in France last week, cleared of a New York sex scandal, he returned home smiling despite facing a frosty reception. Maybe he should have gone to Mexico.
Pay attention Anthony Weiner, Tiger Woods, Brett Favre and others caught up in public, sexual indiscretions.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll released yesterday shows 57 percent of Mexicans would be very likely or somewhat likely to tolerate the sexual indiscretions of stars and politicians.
They were followed by Belgians at 55 percent. In the United States, the tolerance factor was 48 percent. France, in fact, was way down the list at 33 percent, while Japan was the least forgiving country at only 28 percent. Overall, 44 percent of some 18,700 respondents in more than 20 countries said they would likely tolerate a scandal.
The survey also asked if scandalous behavior was reflective of true personalities, or if power led people to think they could get away with it.
In France, some 80 percent said fame was the root cause, while Mexico was about equally divided: 49 percent on the side of power and 51 percent on personality.
Throughout the world, the decision was roughly split with 46 percent saying power and 54 percent citing personal characteristics. In the US, the percentages were 43 percent power, 57 personality.
"There is a Jekyll and Hyde issue here, and in some places the behavior is just more acceptable," said John Wright, managing director at Ipsos.
A slight majority of the respondents around the world, 51 percent, said women were just as likely as men to engage in sexual indiscretions but less apt to get caught.
Pay attention Anthony Weiner, Tiger Woods, Brett Favre and others caught up in public, sexual indiscretions.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll released yesterday shows 57 percent of Mexicans would be very likely or somewhat likely to tolerate the sexual indiscretions of stars and politicians.
They were followed by Belgians at 55 percent. In the United States, the tolerance factor was 48 percent. France, in fact, was way down the list at 33 percent, while Japan was the least forgiving country at only 28 percent. Overall, 44 percent of some 18,700 respondents in more than 20 countries said they would likely tolerate a scandal.
The survey also asked if scandalous behavior was reflective of true personalities, or if power led people to think they could get away with it.
In France, some 80 percent said fame was the root cause, while Mexico was about equally divided: 49 percent on the side of power and 51 percent on personality.
Throughout the world, the decision was roughly split with 46 percent saying power and 54 percent citing personal characteristics. In the US, the percentages were 43 percent power, 57 personality.
"There is a Jekyll and Hyde issue here, and in some places the behavior is just more acceptable," said John Wright, managing director at Ipsos.
A slight majority of the respondents around the world, 51 percent, said women were just as likely as men to engage in sexual indiscretions but less apt to get caught.
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