Ed T (09 Dec 14 - 01:24 PM), you're on the wrong track. People in power are likely to be attacked using whatever suspicion seems plausible, sometimes wrongly or without proof. This sad fact does not imply that they really deserve their positions (- even in a democracy; in a dictatorship or absolute monarchy, all positions lack legitimation). Neither does it imply that the criticism is always unjustified.

There is no reason to single out Eva Peron as particularly vicious, in her context of dictatorship and populism, so I do not actively call her a "whore". The facts as I understand them are: Juan Peron was in love with her, she demanded her influential posts from him, which he granted reluctantly. Obviously it was a personal favour rather than a rational decision based on merits. This was commonly seen as "whorish" - to be sure, not the worst of all accusations in an Agentinian context.

The ironic point is that Eva actually developed a political talent that eventually saved the Peronist movement. The benefit for the Argentinian people, however, must be viewed very skeptically.

Males sleeping themselves to the top are much rarer, for obvious reasons which have nothing to do with their collective moral superiority (- nobody, however sexist, would have that idea anyway). The Tsarina Catherine chose her lovers liberally and rewarded them with positions and property, but that is not quite the same.