Think about breasts. Breasts. Is there a female body part with which our society is more obsessed than breasts? Is there any obsession so equally matched by inherent shame?

Talk about daughters and power, and the discussion inevitably wends its way to fathers. Fathers give girls confidence. Fathers set the bar in expectations about how to be treated by men. Fathers prepare girls for the world.

How often have your sacrificed your own self-approval in favor of that short-lived approval from another to whom you have assigned power over you?

I say enough with the denigrating cougar references. I coined a term which I use to describe women who dominate in a relationship through their education, power, or accomplishment. I refer to them as "Cleos."

The issue of sexual harassment is fraught with ambiguity. It's emotionally loaded because it is so personal and intense - involving both sex and power.