Too many men

Christine Lagarde: “Gender-dominated environments are not good ... particularly in the financial sector, where there are too few women. Men have a tendency to ... show how hairy-chested they are, compared with the man who’s sitting next to them. I honestly think that there should never be too much testosterone in one room.” Lagarde, a French finance minister and international lawyer, is a leading contender for the top IMF job vacated by alleged rapist Dominque Strauss-Kahn. Known for her quick wit, the Washington Post noted that when asked during a radio program in 2008 what people could do about high gas prices, she said: “Ride a bike.” Now that's my kind of dame. Bonne chance.