Silvio Berlusconi, Man-Whore

Today, we here at Society/Sex have decided to take you around the EU to report on the goings on of some of the world's msot important people.

Now on to Italy, where the leader is a pimp/skank/slut/whore.

Is there a link between Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's hold on political power inside Italy and his hold over the wider scandal-craved collective imagination of our contemporary culture? Clues to that question may be found in a series of blurry photographs that have wound up on the front page of the respected Spanish daily El País.

The five photos show scenes of poolside nudity and seminudity inside the walls of the Prime Minister's private villa on the island of Sardinia, as well as images of a (fully clothed) Berlusconi walking in the company of several different women. Though all faces but the 72-year-old leader's are pixelated, the images in themselves show nothing scandalous; the scenes are no different from those one might see in countless other private villas around the Mediterranean.

Yeah, we know all about the Mediterranean and what comes with the territory, but when your wife is about to leave you, now is the time to adopt a new fuckin' attitude.

Ok, so maybe not fucking!

Last week, Berlusconi's lawyers succeeded in blocking publication of the photographs in Italy, arguing before a judge that publication of the photographs would constitute an invasion of privacy. That's where El País stepped in. The Spanish daily is one of several European newspapers — citing the control the PM has over large swaths of the Italian media — trying to keep the heat on Berlusconi.

And this is the reason why the Italians are forever stereotyped as still being mafia-based.

Your leader is a slut!

But a hot slut!

We are not hating on him. We want to get it at that age too!