US EditionDr. Ruth Westheimer, America’s diminutive and pioneering sex therapist, dies at 96
- Dr. Ruth Westheimer, a prominent sex therapist, promoted open dialogue on sexual topics without advocating risky behaviors, reassuring her audience that nothing should elicit shame.
- Westheimer gained fame through appearances on late-night TV, which aligned with the need for candid discussions during the onset of the AIDS crisis.
- Dr. Ruth Westheimer consistently avoided promoting risky sexual behavior.
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American TV sex therapist Dr Ruth dies at 96, Washington Post reports
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the chirpy, diminutive therapist who became a pop culture figure as she encouraged Americans to have sex safely, frequently and creatively, has died at the age of 96, the Washington Post reported. Westheimer died on Friday at her home in Manhattan, the newspaper reported citing her publicist. Westheimer, who fled Nazi Germany as a child, said she first learned about sex when she was 10 years old and took her parents’ “marria…
Dr Ruth Westheimer, American pioneering sex therapist, dies at 96
Popularly known as Dr Ruth, the diminutive sex therapist with a distinctive German accent became a pop icon, media star and best-selling author through her frank talk about once-taboo bedroom topics. She died on Friday (July 12).
Considered by everyone to be the most important sex therapist in America, she passed away at the age of 96. In the 80s it became so famous that it was present in dozens of programs
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