secret sex life, which The Washington Post's Mike DeBonis and Elise Viebeck reported on, fits a pattern of prominent men using their power for sex. In this moment of reckoning with how sex and power collide, it's worth pausing to discuss how this story fits into the narrative. There's no question that Barton's consensual, private sex life is public because of this moment of reckoning we're in of power, sex and authority. Is the unconventional sex life of members of Congress fair game for scrutiny, because they are members of Congress, and it's impossible to separate their power from the sex they have? In the context of Barton's sex life going public, Reed raises the question: What we as a society have to determine is: Where is the line?

Source: Washington Post November 23, 2017 13:41 UTC