Eight months after the sexual scandal of the former president of the IMF, Dominique Strauss Kan, his wife, Ann Sinclair decided to break her silence for the first time. The French journalist spoke to the editor-in-chief of the French women's magazine ELLE, If Cecil Sarfati, for everything she went through.

Khan was accused of raping maid Nafisato Diallo during his stay at the Sofitel hotel in New York. Throughout the humiliating legal ordeal, Sinclair chose to stand by her husband's side., thus infuriating many women who accused her of betraying her gender and legitimizing violence against women. "This attitude is unacceptable, since prosecutors chose not to pursue the case. So there was no violence. Violence scares me," he says. Khan himself has admitted to having sex with Diallo, but not by force. For Sinclair, being a feminist does not mean you have to "interfere in other women's lives, for you to decide for them what is moral or not".

One of the central figures of the scandal that caused a frenzy in the media worldwide, the journalist explains how she experienced it herself. “Being a subject of suspicion, permanent harassment to find out what is going on in your home, there is something Orwellian about it, the absolutist" he tells the magazine. However, it distinguishes the American from the French media, as he believes in France they tend to be lazy and inaccurate. Something she will likely want to change as director of the Huffington Post's French branch which launches on 23 January.

It's hard not to criticize a woman's decision to stand by her unfaithful husband, even more so when it comes to Strauss-Kahn who is known for his adventures in France and beyond. However, η Αν Σινκλέρ είναι μια γυναίκα που ζητά το δικαίωμα να αποφασίζει η ίδια για τη ζωή της και επιθυμεί να την αφήσουν ελεύθερη να το κάνει. "Every woman should live her life as she believes. Each to their own," he concludes.

Source : tovima.gr