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Dr. Ruth under fire for rape comments: Woman can’t change her mind once naked in bed with man
The Washington Times ^ | June 3, 2015 | Jessica Chasmar

Posted on 06/04/2015 4:02:05 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Longtime sex therapist and advice columnist Dr. Ruth Westheimer is facing backlash for comments she made Monday, after she suggested a woman can’t change her mind about having sex with a man once she’s naked in bed with him.

Appearing on the “The Diane Rehm Show,” the 86-year-old doctor said once two people are “aroused” and “in bed together,” the time for changing one’s mind has passed, Mashable reported.

“I am very worried about college campuses saying that a woman and a man — or two men or two women, but I talk right now about woman and man — can be in bed together, Diane, and … most of the time they think she can say, I changed my mind. No such thing is possible,” Dr. Ruth said.

She cited ancient Jewish scripture to back up her claim.

“In the Talmud, in the Jewish tradition, it says when that part of the male anatomy is aroused and there’s an erection, the brain flies out of the head and we have to take that very seriously, so I don’t agree with that,” she said.

The backlash was swift, and the octogenarian later took to Twitter to defend her stance.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: drruth; men; rape; sex
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How many of ya just lost your dinner?


21 posted on 06/04/2015 4:23:19 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Do what is Right ... Take This Freepathon Over the Top!!!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

According to the Weather Underground, saying NO to free love on demand and partner swapping (even of same sex) is a sex crime.

“Rape?” Not in Bill Ayers’ eyes.


22 posted on 06/04/2015 4:23:53 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Funny how Hollywood's 'No Nukes' crowd has been silent during Obama's Iranian nuclear negotiations.)
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To: a fool in paradise
saying NO to free love on demand and partner swapping (even of same sex) is a sex crime.

Is it possible to have one clean 'fish'? Ruth, clean that fish!

23 posted on 06/04/2015 4:28:25 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Do what is Right ... Take This Freepathon Over the Top!!!)
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To: miss marmelstein
Most men will pull back

Pull back what?

24 posted on 06/04/2015 4:40:48 PM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: colorado tanker; miss marmelstein

Makes sense to me, too; unless the man starts getting unexpectedly violent.

Miss Marmelstein is correct in her post 7. Getting to know people before you ‘git nekkid’ with them, helps keep you out of heaps of trouble....

-JT


25 posted on 06/04/2015 4:41:57 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Lazamataz
Dr. Ruth? I’d hit that.

With one of those little foam mallets used in the Whack-A-Mole game, maybe.
26 posted on 06/04/2015 4:42:21 PM PDT by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: Lazamataz
"Dr. Ruth? I’d hit that."

How do you determine which wrinkle to aim for? And the dust. She's about 150 years old... While I'm sure that she knows every way there is, there are any number of things I can stand not to discover.

27 posted on 06/04/2015 4:42:36 PM PDT by jonascord (It's sarcasm unless otherwise noted...)
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To: Jamestown1630; miss marmelstein
Getting to know people before you ‘git nekkid’ with them, helps keep you out of heaps of trouble....

Wouldn't you think kids smart enough to get into college could figure that out?

28 posted on 06/04/2015 4:47:29 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Assuming she takes her clothes off and gets into bed willingly, she’s going to have a hard time convincing me, as a juror, that it’s a case of rape.


29 posted on 06/04/2015 4:58:39 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: Lazamataz
Dr. Ruth? I’d hit that.

So would I. with a crowbar.

30 posted on 06/04/2015 4:59:36 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: colorado tanker
Wouldn't you think kids smart enough to get into college could figure that out?

A stiff pecker has only one eye, and it's blind.

31 posted on 06/04/2015 5:00:34 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: tuffydoodle
I thought she was dead.

No but from the reactions, apparently, common sense is.

32 posted on 06/04/2015 5:08:20 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: colorado tanker

The popular culture has been teaching kids for a long time that a ‘one night stand’ is just a harmless romp.

When I went to college (mumble) years ago, one of the first things they did in the ‘orientation’ was to get us into a sex class and pass around condoms while they lectured us on how to use them. That basically told the kids (I was a 17-year-old virgin) that they EXPECTED us to be having sex. And if you were not, and were surprised by all of this as I was, the underlying message was that one was not ‘in step’ with one’s peers.

I don’t know what they do, now; it would seem that since then, prime-time television alone would have had a couple of generations of kids all brainwashed and ripe for lousy sexual experiences. And after such lousy experiences, no wonder that many of them question their sexuality, and sexuality in general.

The popular culture - and academia - have created this mess; and now their solution to the problem seems to be to create insane, schizoid sexual ‘policies’ that only really come down on the young MEN.

-JT


33 posted on 06/04/2015 5:09:56 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I’ve taken one look at some women’s feet and changed my mind.

I usually say something about my cat has diarrhea and apologize....

Then I drink ;some more and thank God I wasn’t drunk...er...


34 posted on 06/04/2015 5:15:18 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: miss marmelstein

Either way, there is a real risk they get stabbed no matter what...


35 posted on 06/04/2015 5:16:06 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Lazamataz

36 posted on 06/04/2015 5:24:48 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Jamestown1630
their solution to the problem seems to be to create insane, schizoid sexual ‘policies’ that only really come down on the young MEN"

And what those young men don't know until they get snared by the system is that they have no rights at all - the Department of Education and college administrators have thrown due process out the window. So far, they've gotten away with it.

37 posted on 06/04/2015 5:31:47 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: Jamestown1630
Of course, if you don't want to have sex, don't get into bed with a man. Sort of common sensical!
38 posted on 06/04/2015 5:36:36 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: "I should like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
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To: Vendome

Yes, women must be careful. It was true in the middle ages, ancient times and today. Although, there are nice men who would never hurt a woman no matter what the provocation. That’s why I love and admire western men.


39 posted on 06/04/2015 5:38:02 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: "I should like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
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To: Vendome

Were they men’s feet like Bruce Jenner’s?


40 posted on 06/04/2015 5:38:57 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: "I should like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
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