I was interested that an Italian former deputy culture minister said last week that “men in power need lots of sex” and “if Berlusconi does not gain sexual satisfaction he governs badly”.
While the minister was no doubt referring to Mr Berlusconi's recent troubles as prime minister, I wondered how true this was of business leaders, who also wield lots of power.
Some two decades ago, I bought part-ownership of a recruitment agency that supplied receptionists and secretaries to entertainment and media companies. It was an obvious, but unwritten, policy of the firm to put forward only nubile women as job applicants – since this is what clients wanted.