In a stroke of deluxe good fortune, Dr. Ruth Westheimer might have stopped by to be the enlightenment.
Bettmann/Getty ImagesWhat Donahue knew was that we — women especially — were eager, desperate, to be understood, to learn and learn and learn.
Ruth Westheimer arrived to us from Germany, where she started as Karola Ruth Siegel and strapped in as her life corkscrewed, as it mocked fiction.
My favorite Dr. Ruth word was “pleasure.” From a German mouth, the word conveys what it lacks with an American tongue: sensual unfurling.
I miss the way Dr. Ruth talked about sex.
Persons:
Phil Donahue, Ruth Westheimer, Donahue, geniality, ”, ’, Dr, Ruth, Donahue’s, Bill Clinton, Toya Jackson, Read More Donahue, Bettmann, —, “ Donahue ”, Karola Ruth Siegel, Zelda Rubinstein, Linda Hunt, Yoda, Mapplethorpe, Prince, Ruth’s, ” Westheimer, Thomas Hoepker, “ Donahue, “, masturbate, Westheimer, ‘, Wesley Morris
Organizations:
Reds, Chevy Motors, Israel Defense Forces, Columbia University, Pepsi, Sling, Irish, The New York Times
Locations:
Cleveland, Germany, Madison, Philadelphia, Swiss, Harlem