Karola Ruth Siegel is better known to the world as sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer, or simply Dr. Ruth. Although the term "sexually active" is often associated with penis-in-vagina sex, it’s actually way broader than that. I still see that most of the women who come to my office in New York City still want to be in a relationship. Dr. Ruth: I’ll tell you something: The answer is absolutely yes. Q: Who is more emotionally attached to the sexual part of the relationship, men or women? As the world’s most famous sex therapist, Dr. Ruth Westheimer is the author of more than 40 books, has fronted TV advice shows and met everyone from Princess Diana and Elizabeth Taylor to Presidents Obama, Clinton and Trump. A: This is interesting. Following its theatrical release, it will be available for digital download from September 9 and on DVD from September 16. Dr. Ruth Westheimer, who stands a mere 4-foot-something (without heels), and I were certainly a sight to be seen. NEW YORK — As Dr. Ruth Westheimer holds the door open to her Washington Heights apartment her cheer spills into the hallway. They married in 1961 and had a son, Joel, now 55. 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Q: When it comes to sex and relationships ... who's really in the driver's seat? But it is a joy which has been extremely hard won. I'm not saying that women would not like to have more than one man more than a man would like to have more than one woman. No matter what changes externally with social norms, etc., I stand my ground here. Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the renowned expert who virtually invented the modern sex therapy industry, still leads an active life at age 85. They are fans who say things like, "You've done so much for us women ... thank you," or "Keep up all the good work" (with a wink from the man who delivers the message). Yet, if that was a normal moment of childhood exploration any semblance of normality in her childhood was to come to an abrupt end with the onset of the World War II. ‘So this idea that they can be naked in bed and then say: “I changed my mind” is dangerous. ‘Do I have a boyfriend? People need it. When Dr. Ruth Westheimer launched her call-in radio show, Sexually Speaking, in the early ’80s, no question about sex was too risqué — with one exception. The only difference today is that Dr. Ruth does it on her YouTube channel, Web site and Twitter feed. Published: 17:00 EDT, 22 August 2019 | Updated: 21:13 EDT, 22 August 2019, Dr Ruth Westheimer, 91, pictured, is the world's most famous sex therapist - although she only began on that part of her career when she hit her 50s. She is the president of her local YMHA and was executive producer for a … ‘I never ever would have talked about it. When Burt Reynolds appeared on her show in 1984, ‘I thought, “here I am, an immigrant, a refugee, an orphan of the Holocaust. 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With a remarkable documentary Ask Dr. Ruth out on DVD 16 th September the 91 year old is as active … It doesn't have to be a marriage. Dr. Ruth Westheimer is, at a sprightly 88, still doling out her take on love and loving. Finally, one man says, "You two look good together!" Dr. Ruth says: ‘The last one was the real marriage. ‘A friend has to be earned by a long-standing relationship. When it comes to us Brits, despite our having phased out top hats, she still finds us more reserved than our American counterparts. A:Sex and the City is a wonderful television program. Nowadays, you can't swing a handbag without coming across a dating coach or sex therapist.But Dr. Ruth was the original. Now, I’m old-fashioned and a square. “This is Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer and you are listening to Sexually Speaking.I am not a medical doctor and I do not do therapy on air. Moreover, at 91 (and a half), she still has the ability to shock. Dr. Ruth is 91 (which explains the top hat reference), though in matters of sex, she shows no signs of slowing down. Q: Many people say that "sex is power." Not necessarily be married, but most of them want to be in a relationship. She revolutionised the way people — not least us uptight Brits — talked more openly about sex, ‘And I loved coming to England,’ she says. Yet she remains unequivocal about one of her proudest achievements: ‘It was wonderful,’ she says, ‘to teach the British about orgasms!’. Her TV show, Good Sex!, made for eye-opening viewing when it aired on C4 in the Eighties, but viewers couldn’t help but warm to the diminutive therapist as she talked about ‘rrrrrelationships’ and ‘errrrroticism’ in her distinctive German burr, punctuating her advice with that trademark high-pitched giggle. I am old fashioned and a square. I still think of them often.’. Speaking, Not Sexually, With Dr. Ruth at 90 Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the renowned sex therapist who became enormously popular through her frank discussions and advice, turns 90 on Monday. I believe that it could be that a woman can have a fantastic (sexual experience) with a one-night stand just as easily as a man. Copy Link URL Copied! In June Dr. Ruth was in England to take part in an Oxford Union debate on pornography, ‘and just last night I was [in a hotel] and plenty of young people recognised me. And boy were we seen. She is on the board of the Museum of Jewish Heritage, she teaches college courses and has an active social life. But I believe in the importance of good sex and a good relationship.’. Do you feel this has helped change the sexual dialogue among women? And while she worries about millennials’ fixation with their phones, she has noted that ‘younger people accept more than they used to that their parents or even grandparents do engage in sex’. At the age of 91 and a half — you must say the half — that makes me very happy.’. Her passion for her profession is palpable. Whenever people would ask Fred about his sex life, he would say, “The shoemaker’s children don’t get shoes!”’ She giggles. Supermodel, 50, shares picture of newborn daughter four years after saying 'thanks... Bill Gates 'turned a blind eye to Jeffrey Epstein's reputation because he thought he could get him a Nobel... Elon Musk drops from world's richest man to No. They were like anybody else and they would often tell me their problems because they knew I knew what I was talking about and wasn’t just a celebrity talking off the top of my head. Ruth Westheimer poses for a portrait to promote the documentary Ask Dr. Ruth at the Salesforce Music Lodge during the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 26, 2019, in Park City, Utah. She has recently updated the book Sex for Dummies, which was even used in an episode of Friends, At just 4ft 7in, Dr. Ruth has lived larger than most. She remained in New York, where she lives to this day, and supported herself and her young daughter Miriam, now 62, by working as a maid while also studying for a Master’s degree. Do you think women are more or less empowered now because socially it seems to have become more acceptable to have sex outside of marriage? We nestle down for my interview on a shady bench in a quiet part of a private park in Manhattan's Gramercy Park neighborhood. But I don't want this for men and women. like this. But overall, do you feel the show has helped or hindered women on the sexual front? It's been more than 20 years since Dr. Ruth became one of the nation's first breakout cable TV stars, back when sex talk still had shock value. “And it is in capable hands with (director) Chris Clavelli and Susan Greenhill. You could still be a “virgin” and never engage in vaginal intercourse, but still be sexually active. She has advice on everything from Alzheimer’s to teaching to writing—and of course, her favorite topic: sex. Next question! As for the older among us, Dr. Ruth advises: ‘No sex in the evening when they’re tired. But that has not changed the emotion and reasoning behind sex. But she still manages to dish out some lov... Irrepressible sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer, now 86, is out with a new book about overcoming tragedy and loss. Not at all. She is in favour of both marriage and monogamy, ‘and I believe in relationships and I believe that people should be with a partner. I believe in relationships. Dialogue is always good. “Dr. I am here to educate. Fred died in 1997, ‘and every day I miss him, but I don’t let it paralyse me,’ she says. Ask Dr. Ruth comes to Picturehouse Cinemas for one day only on Thursday, August 29. ‘I was also fortunate because my office was not in a fancy part of the city and was in a building where there were many doctors, so no one would know who they were going in to see.’, For a woman who spends most of her time talking about sex, Dr. Ruth is surprisingly discreet and, if not prudish, certainly conservative. But let's face it, they are having extramarital affairs with ... women! I want people to have a relationship. I’m not saying people should have the same partner their whole lifetime — I was married three times. Both Terry Wogan and Jonathan Ross hosted her on their shows (she in turn declared them ‘very sexy’), as did the acerbically brilliant Joan Rivers. Dawn of vaccine passports. But as she says now, with ‘a divorced bi-racial woman [marrying] a prince’, she is glad that, ‘even the royal household is going forward in terms of the 21st century.’, So would she ever offer Harry and Meghan any advice on their sex life? She has written 39 books, including “ Sex for Dummies ” and is at work on a new one. Born in Germany in 1928, the only child of Orthodox Jews, she was just ten when she lost both her parents in the Holocaust. A: I have no platform of saying everybody should be sexually active or everybody should wait until marriage. They may have a fantastic (sexual experience), but in the long run it is not going to be satisfying. ‘No, not great friends,’ she admits. Q:Sex and the City, the movie and the television show have both been wildly successful among women. Dr. Ruth Westheimer is a noted psychosexual therapist. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. The organization also gave Dr. Ruth a lifetime achievement award. ‘Before, women might have complained about their orgasms, but now I talk a lot about loneliness, for people of all ages, even young people. Q: When it comes to monogamy, is easier for a man or for a woman to remain monogamous? Scientifically speaking, there is research to be done. We aren't talking five minutes before the unflappable professor of sex has this Sex andthe City girl blushing. If somebody says "I'm sexually active, but I'm not married," then I say I hope you use contraception, and I try to impress upon them the important thing is to have a relationship and to stay with one partner. The cast of Sexually Speaking with Dr. Ruth Westheimer - 1980 includes: Ruth Westheimer as Herself - Host Was Mozart sexually active? But I know this is all up to the individual and whatever fits into their values, beliefs, religion or into their moral and ethical values. A: Modern contraception has changed things dynamically for women. Did Diana ever ask Dr. Ruth for advice? ‘No, she did not, but I can tell you if she would have asked me for advice, you would not have known about it!’ she says. In America, there is a saying that God didn’t give men enough blood for two heads and I say it, even though I know some people disapprove.’. But she was mainly at SFSU to enlighten. The best way for older people to engage in sex is after a good night’s sleep.’. WESTHEIMER: Yes, but I do believe that when I talk, because of not being judgmental, I would never say what age is the right age for somebody to be sexually active. “Even young people have to hear that it’s all right for older people to be sexually interested and active,” she said the following week in a phone interview from her New York office. 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Even at 91, she shows no signs of slowing down. Westheimer was born in Germany, spent World War II in Switzerland (separated from her parents, who were killed in the Holocaust) and at the age of 16 emigrated to Israel. A: I don't believe in one-night stands. Right? But when they realised how old-fashioned I am and how I’m all for marriage, I think they would have been OK. ‘And I wouldn’t have predicted it, but not having the constraints of a traditional family meant I could [later] make all the decisions about my life and my profession by myself.’, She married her first husband, an Israeli soldier, in 1950. I don't believe people should go and just have indiscriminate partners and have sex. Dr. Ruth Westheimer, often just referred to as simply Dr. Ruth, may be 90, but she's still producing work like a true BAMF. Prince Harry's complaints about his upbringing are no different to Prince Charles' moans about his own... Meghan Markle's childhood sweetheart is slammed by viewers for claiming the Royal Family has been 'racist... Had a clear out, Charles? But I will tell you that after Fred died, I did not actively look for somebody. But when her husband decided to return to Israel, they divorced and she sailed with a French boyfriend to New York. When she asks this question, I feel 2 feet tall. ‘Of course I do feel lonely but I know what to do about that. I believe in relationships. They moved to Paris where she studied psychology at the Sorbonne. At 80, Westheimer is like a rock star. Q: Why? There is little that doesn’t make Dr. Ruth happy — she is one of the most joyful people you are ever likely to meet. Hers is an earnest and infectious drive to spread "sexual literacy" so that relationships flourish and that couples can keep ... coupling (and copulating as couples). She met Princess Diana at an awards ceremony in New York two years before her death, ‘and I thought she was wonderful,’ says Dr. Ruth. 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While this still … The comments below have been moderated in advance. and she flew me over on Concorde and gave me a driver with a fancy British car. People are more willing to say “orgasm” now.’. Ruth Westheimer is not someone who gets embarrassed easily. On the eve of her 87th birthday, Ruth Westheimer is still talking about sex. But, of course, famous people did ask me for help. Men and women want to have relationships in our culture. ‘And when she shook hands with somebody who had AIDS [in 1987], that was remarkable.’. If people say they are not going to be sexually active before marriage, then I believe they should stick to that and not let anyone dissuade them. Some ladies use anal sex, oral sex, petting or other activities so that they do not have vaginal intercourse. By the Sixties, she was working for Planned Parenthood, a birth control organisation in Harlem, and a career in sex education was born. ‘I sometimes shudder thinking of it,’ she admits, ‘because they were old-fashioned. A: It is the woman's responsibility for her own sexual satisfaction. She spent the war in an orphanage in Switzerland then, in her early 20s, joined Haganah — an underground militant organisation fighting for the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine — and became a sniper, ‘Luckily, I never had to kill anybody,’ she says, ‘but if I’d had to, I could have.’, She eventually moved to New York and was well into her 50s by the time her career as a sex therapist took off. It shows that women can talk about the topic of sex and relationships. Because you think it makes people flourish or feel safe? (She tweets regularly at @AskDrRuth to her 88,400 followers.) Dr. Ruth, Advice for Every Age. Her interest in the subject had first been piqued when, as a youngster, she discovered a book on her parents’ bookshelves entitled, The Ideal Marriage — a sex manual which deemed itself ‘explicit, detailed and direct’. At 91, Dr Ruth's still the goddess of good sex. But when her husband decided to return to Israel, they divorced and she sailed with a French boyfriend to New York. I just want to underscore that's not my way of teaching. If society would allow it, I'm not saying that women wouldn't want to have more than one partner. A: I have no platform of saying everybody should be sexually active or everybody should wait until marriage. But they must first have a trusting relationship before going to bed. But it is unrealistic. NEW YORK — It could have been a scene out of Twins, the Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. With a new documentary about her life, Ask Dr. Ruth, now on Hulu and an updated edition of her book Sex for Dummies due out in July, she’s still … Because now women have heard my message: To be sexually satisfied, they have to teach their partners what they want. Dr. Ruth just turned 91, so you might think she’d be slowing down. But I had a great time on her programme [Can We Talk?] ‘Now, I’m going to say one thing to the people of Great Britain and it’s not going to be popular, but nobody — no man and woman, no two men and no two women — has any business being naked in bed if they haven’t decided to have sex. Sexually Speaking with Dr. Ruth Westheimer! Ruth’s unbelievable life story is a profile in courage,” he said in a news release about the show. That is the foundation for all of my teachings. Q: But you believe that just because you know "something" doesn't mean you have to use that "something" right away. I'm not saying it doesn't happen. There is no question that women have more control over their bodies because of the contraceptive pill. But she was mainly at SFSU to enlighten. When asked about his sex life, Fred, who died in 1997 once replied: 'The shoemaker’s children don’t get shoes!'. Because of people like me and dialogues like this, there are less unintended pregnancies. ‘I go out a lot and last night I saw the band Queen featuring Adam Lambert as the lead singer, at Madison Square Garden with 20,000 cheering young fans, so that’s one pastime that keeps me alive.’. And people like you were listening. Being sexually active and being a virgin are entirely different things. Her incredible story is told in a new documentary, Ask Dr. Ruth and, as she herself explains in the film: ‘I have an obligation to live large and make a dent in this world.’, Dr Ruth, pictured, with one of her 40 books, is one of the world's most famous sex therapists. The world-renowned sex therapist Dr Ruth Westheimer has lost none of her energy, she tells Anne Joseph. Dr. Ruth Westheimer — known simply as Dr. Ruth — had radio show in the 1980s, Sexually Speaking, that ended up making her a celebrity on TV and in print also. One has to know it is television and that what is happening in their own lives is reality. Sigmund Freud and a Yiddishe Mama rolled into one, Dr. Ruth first created a stir in 1980 with her radio program, "Sexually Speaking," and later launched the nationally syndicated TV program, "The Dr. Ruth Show." But they still must become sexually literate in order to use this information when they are going to be sexually active. Shocking moment Wisconsin teacher rants at vaccinated student who did not want to wear a mask in the... Hopes of Covid breakthrough as Australian scientists develop antiviral injection to kill 99.9% of the virus... 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We now know, because of there being more information available for women about sex, that fewer women are complaining of not being sexually satisfied. It led to her TV show, Good Sex!, which turned her into a worldwide star and frequent chat show guest. ‘I always say my parents gave me life twice,’ says Dr. Ruth, ‘once when I was born and then when they made the sacrifice of sending their only child to safety. As America’s most famous sex therapist, Dr. Ruth is also a media personality, professor and author — she has published nearly 40 books. It was the last time she saw her family. A: People do know more than they used to know about sex because of shows Q: So where does the proverbial "one-night stand" fit into that sexual landscape? By Debbie Koenig. ‘I have not tried internet dating, but I’m not against it and I do not want other people to be lonely.’. Her new documentary Ask Dr. Ruth follows her journey as a German-Jewish refugee during the Holocaust to the media icon she is today. Print. But I think what did change [in Britain] is that you took all the knowledge from American sex researchers such as Masters and Johnson and Helen Singer Kaplan [Dr. Ruth’s mentor] and used it. Where once women fretted about their performance, now ‘I get more questions about taking the time for sex, making sure you have a relationship and you aren’t hopping into bed.’, Dr Ruth made it possible for people to talk about their sex lives when many taboos were broken such as the 1967 move The Graduate featuring Anne Bancroft and Dustin Hoffman. Despite her frankness about sex, her own love life is strictly off limits. “Even young people have to hear that it’s all right for older people to be sexually interested and active,” she said the following week in a phone interview from her New York office. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. 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