Ruth Westheimer

(Newser) - Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the diminutive sex therapist who became a pop icon, media star, and best-selling author through her frank talk about once-taboo bedroom topics, has died at age 96. Westheimer never advocated risky sexual behavior, per the AP . Instead, she encouraged an open dialogue on previously closeted issues that...

(Newser) - Dr. Ruth Westheimer is on a mission to improve people's sex lives—and how better to do it than with her own line of wines? The famed sex therapist initially nixed the idea, as she's nixed numerous other marketing opportunities over the years, but ultimately realized a lower-alcohol...