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Ruth K. Westheimer

Autore di Sex for Dummies

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Ruth K. Westheimer, 1928 - Ruth K. Westheimer was born in Germany in 1928, she went to a school in Switzerland at the age of 10, which became an orphanage for most of the German/Jewish students sent there. At 16 she went to Israel where she fought for that country's independence as member of the mostra altro Haganah. She then moved to Paris where she studied psychology at the Sorbonne and taught kindergarten. Westheimer immigrated to the U.S. in 1956, where she received her Masters degree in Sociology and her Doctorate in Education from Columbia University. She studied human sexuality with Dr. Helen Singer-Kaplan at New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center. Dr. Westheimer is a pioneer in "sexual literacy." She has twice been named "College Lecturer of the Year." Westheimer is a Psychosexual Therapist who helped pioneer the field of Media Psychology with her radio program "Sexually Speaking" which began in September, 1980 . "The Dr. Ruth Show," which aired on the Lifetime channel, has been syndicated nationally and internationally. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Credit: David Shankbone, May 2008

Opere di Ruth K. Westheimer

Sex for Dummies (1995) 216 copie
Art of arousal (1993) 98 copie
Grandparenthood (1998) 20 copie
Roller Coaster Grandma (2018) 16 copie
Dr. Ruth Talks to Kids (1993) 14 copie
Leopold (2015) 11 copie
Mythen der Liebe (2010) 3 copie
Stay or Go (2018) 1 copia
First Love (1985) 1 copia

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I won a KINDLE version in a GOODREADS giveaway sponsored by Amazon Publishing.
 
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tenamouse67 | Oct 18, 2022 |
Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss.
 
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fernandie | 1 altra recensione | Sep 15, 2022 |
a great read for those struggling with comfort and sexuality -- geared towards hetero-normative cis gendered females
 
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SleepyBooksandCakes | Aug 22, 2020 |
Overall, the autobiography of "Dr. Ruth" Westheimer never really rises to any particular heights.

Readers who are interested in the lives of German Jewish children sent out of the country during the Second World War will get a superficial look at how the children were cared for, but won't really get an overview of the programs, or how it affected the children and shaped their subsequent lives.

Readers who want the inside story about the diminutive sex educator and media darling of the 80s won't get much more than an "and then I did this radio program and got famous." There's not much about how external events shaped the sexual mores of Americans and made them receptive to this particular celebrity at that particular time.

If you're looking for anything deeper, you won't find it here. What you'll find is a mildly interesting story about a young woman who persevered through setbacks and disappointments, but there's not much heart in it.
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LyndaInOregon | 2 altre recensioni | Jun 2, 2020 |

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68
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4
Utenti
904
Popolarità
#28,380
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½ 3.5
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19
ISBN
181
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9

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