Ake, is your objection that he had sex outside marriage, that he used prostitutes, or that the prostitutes were male?

I can't see how he put his children at risk through STDs. You don't know what precautions against these he and his various partners may have been taking.

And I can't see that personal sexual failings make anyone a non- person. certainly not compared with wrecking economies, starting wars, or arranging fat-cat appointments for your mates. If you include these, there's only Tony Benn and pompous old Martin Bell left.

In general, I would say that a person's sexual affairs are his or her own, unless they can be shown to have harmful effects on society as a whole.