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Hello and welcome to the Double X podcast for Thursday, May 19th.

This is Hannah Rosen, editor of Double X.

I'm joined here in D.C. by Kate Julian, my fellow editor at Double X. Hi, Kate.

Hi.

And in New York, we have Jessica Gross, another Double X editor. Hi, Kate. Hi. And in New York, we have Jessica Gross, another

double X editor. Hi, Hannah. Hi, both of whom admitted that they're insomniacs. So just, you know,

maybe that will come up later. Today we're going to discuss or not. Today we're going to discuss

three things. One is Dominique Strauss Khan, theF chief, and the scandal about him assaulting a hotel

cleaning woman, and also his fellow cat of the week, that is Arnold Schwarzenegger, who admitted

having fathered a child with somebody who was his household helper, although it turns out

not household helper, right?

It was a stewardess.

Second, we are going to discuss the great rise in aesthetic

vaginal surgery. So cover your ears for that part if you're squeamish because it's pretty

grim. And then thirdly, we're going to discuss an article by Roseanne Barr in this week's

New York magazine, which raises the larger question of women in television and roles for women

in television and sexism against women in television and roles for women in television

and sexism against women in television. So let's start with Dominique, who is fondly known as

Dodo, who I in my head only think of as Dodo now. The way that this has been framed

is a very French way. It's like, is he a ladies man or a sexual predator? I feel like the

language around this is very French. Do you guys think it would be completely different if he was

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