What's interesting is that, I suspect, most men were hardly surprised when Schwarzenegger's indiscretions became public, while women tended to be shocked--'What a scumbag!' Men thought, 'Well, geez, his whole persona is developed around the Hollywood image of the virile he-man Terminator, what do you expect?' For actors who have clawed their way to the top--and I'm speaking of both men and women here--having an active sex life that is hardly bound by social conventions is simply a part of the world they live in. A lot feeds in to this world, narcisism, power, and so on, and an active sex life is simply a part of this world's social space. The same goes for any social realm that involves power and intense human interaction, like politics. At the same time, why are women so fascinated by this hyper-social world, what drives the success of 'women's' magazines that duly report on who slept with whom this week? Conversely, why are men not all that interested in *reading* about these things? Whenever I looked at Arnold and Maria I did not think of that Kennedyesque "charmed young couple", of Camelot, as I suspect most women have done, but rather I thought "What a bizarre seeming match-up, what in heaven's name keeps these two together?" That Maria would have expected fidelity from an A-list he-man Hollywood star is naive, of her intense desire to have a faithful man for raising her children. Most men know otherwise.

Terrible piece.  Scharzenegger has been extraordinarily contrite about what he did, repeatedly calling it "stupid" and acknowledging the hurt he caused his family.  What would the author have him do, commit suicide?  Crawl under a rock and not live the rest of his life? 

If you look up "family secrets" in the DSM-IV you'll see Arnold's photo!

She should have married a Democrat. Clinton at least stopped short of having kids.

This column is just petty, hateful, anti-male bigotry.  Shame on you.

He fit right in with his in-laws.....look how the Kennedy's treated their wives.