Dr. Ruth Westheimer
"Have good sex!" - Dr. Ruth Westheimer
In celebration of National Women’s Month, we are profiling inspiring women in psychology and psychiatry. Our first profile is of Dr. Ruth Westheimer, a 4”7” giant in the field of human sexuality. She has been an educator, therapist, scholar, author, paramilitary sniper, and beloved star of radio, television, and cinema. With a voice described as "a cross between Henry Kissinger and Minnie Mouse," she is able to speak in a cheerful, endearing manner about the most serious and explicit topics. She has been called Grandma Freud, Sister Wendy of Human Sexuality, and the Pixie of Passion, but to most she is known simply as Dr. Ruth.
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