More than 100,000
Italian women and their supporters turned out across the country to protest against Premier Silvio Berlusconi, saying his dalliances with
young women humiliate the sex as a whole and degrade female dignity. Backers of the 74-year-old Berlusconi, who is under investigation for allegedly paying for sex with a 17-year-old girl, dismissed the protests as strictly
political. The teenager, a Moroccan night club dancer, has said Berlusconi lavished cash and
jewelry on her. Both deny having had sex with each other.
