Forty journalists pen open letter complaining about macho habits and ‘lewd paternalism’ three years on from Strauss-Kahn affairHave you heard the one about the French government minister who suggested interrupting an interview with a journalist to offer to take her to a hotel? Or the politician who turned his back on male reporters to speak to one of their female colleagues because “she’s wearing a pretty dress” and “her chest is more interesting”?Female French journalists have.