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TIL that Dr Ruth Westheimer, best known as a sex therapist and adviser was once trained to be a sniper.
http://www.snopes.com/medical/doctor/drruth.asp
TIL that Dr Ruth Westheimer, best known as a sex therapist and adviser was once trained to be a sniper.
http://www.snopes.com/medical/doctor/drruth.asp
Claim: Sexpert Dr. Ruth Westheimer served as a sniper in Israel.
Status: True.
Origins: Diminutive Dr. Ruth Westheimer (4'7") is the nation's most well-known sex
doctor. Though you wouldn't suspect it from the grandmotherly appearance of "Dr. Ruth," this psychosexual therapist has been dispensing frank sex advice since 1980. (Across that span of time, she says the language in which queries are phrased has become more explicit, but the questions themselves have remained the same.)
The odd juxtaposition of her appearance and professional calling is not the only surprise to Dr. Ruth: there is also the small matter of her having trained in her youth as a sniper with the Israeli Defense Force.