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Attorney and foundation president Rosalie Osias joins Art Bell with a message that women love to hate and men quietly applaud. On the same day the Supreme Court unanimously allows Paula Jones's sexual harassment lawsuit against President Clinton to proceed, Osias argues that women should embrace their femininity and sexuality as powerful tools for career advancement rather than suppressing them in the name of corporate conformity.

Osias, who represents 40 banks and built her legal empire through provocative advertisements in banking trade publications, contends that the feminist movement's push for gender-blind workplaces has stripped women of their greatest natural advantage. She argues that sexuality, properly combined with competence and strategy, can shatter the glass ceiling far more effectively than conforming to male standards of dress and conduct. Her position generates a surprising wave of support from female callers across the country.

The conversation covers the Paula Jones case, the failures of corporate feminism, and the double standard that celebrates sexuality in entertainment while condemning it in the boardroom. Art's website crashes under the traffic as listeners rush to see photographs of his guest, inadvertently proving her central thesis about the power of attraction in generating attention and opportunity.