It’s Jaw-Dropping How Much Sex Ed Has Changed In 50 Years
Contemporary sex ed disconnects kids from biological reality.
Dr. Ruth Westheimer – the famous sex therapist who became a pop icon, a media personality, and best-selling author – has died. Westheimer passed away on Friday at the age of 96.
Pierre Lehu – Westheimer's publicist and who co-authored books with her – confirmed the celebrity death of the famous sex guru. Westheimer died at her home in New York City surrounded by family.
"She was restful when she passed away. Her son and daughter were with her and holding her hand at that moment. It was as peacefully as she could possibly go," Lehu told People magazine. "It's amazing, there was stuff still going on in her life [she has a book coming out this fall with Allison Gilbert] and someone wants to make a biopic about her."
Lehu did not offer any further details of Westheimer's death.
Westheimer was born Karola Ruth Siegel in Germany in 1928.
Westheimer described herself as "an orphan of the Holocaust" after losing her entire family during World War II.
At age 10, she was sent by her parents on a train to Switzerland to escape Kristallnacht. Westheimer never saw her parents again.
At 16, Westheimer moved to Palestine and reportedly joined the Haganah – the underground movement for Israeli independence. Westheimer was trained as a sniper, but she said she never shot at anyone.
Westheimer suffered severe leg injuries when a bomb exploded in her dormitory, killing many of her friends.
Westheimer developed numerous sex education programs after graduating from Columbia University. She delivered lectures at Yale, Hunter, Princeton, and Columbia universities.
In 1980, she began her call-in show "Sexually Speaking" on sex education.
By 1984, her radio show was nationally syndicated.
In 1985, she starred in her own TV show called "The Dr. Ruth Show."
She was a regular guest on popular late-night talk shows.
Westheimer penned more than 40 books and also wrote a nationally syndicated advice column.
She even had a board game named after her: "Dr. Ruth’s Game of Good Sex."
Westheimer was married three times. Her last husband – Manfred Westheimer who she married in 1961 – died of heart failure in 1997.
Westheimer is survived by her two children, Miriam and Joel, and four grandchildren.
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Planned Parenthood is offering $150 gift cards and free lunch for youth who participate in their week-long "sex ed summer camp," according to an advertisement posted by the Planned Parenthood Minnesota Advocate's Twitter account Thursday.
"I care passionately about the well-being of all children and the generation my kids are growing up alongside ... I think most families and most parents would firmly agree that we don't want people sexualizing our children, and that's exactly what this camp will do," a Minnesota mother-of-six identified only as "Karin" told Fox News Channel's Brian Kilmeade Sunday morning on "Fox & Friends Weekend."
The "camp" is for Mankato, Minnesota area youth ages 15-18. It is slated to run July 24 through July 28, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., the advertisement posted by the @PPMM Twitter account says.
"Lunches are provided and participants receive a $150 gift card upon completion," the flyer also says.
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The link included in the Twitter post leads to a Google form for potential participants to apply. On the form, the camp is described as a "sexual health peer education certification program."
Covered topics include sexual anatomy, birth control methods, sexually transmitted infections, healthy relationships, consent, and more, according to the sign up page.
"Participants will use knowledge they learn to educate friends and peers," the form says.
The application form requests personal details from potential participants like name, age, pronouns, email, and phone number. One section asks potential participants to write about "what excites/interests you about Sex Ed Summer Camp?"
An email address provided on the form for those requesting more information is from Planned Parenthood North Central States.
Parental permission is required for all youth programs according to PPNCS's sex education in Minnesota page. There is no parental permission question on the sex ed summer camp application form, however.
The PPNCS education page describes the organization's youth programs that "range from the opportunity to become a peer educator—sharing valuable reproductive health information to peers and family—to receiving tailored individual education about a variety of reproductive health topics."
"It's extremely disturbing that they're incentivizing this with money," Karin also told host Brian Kilmeade.
"I think it's a very fine line between giving a teen financial incentive to talk about sexual activity and role play things regarding it, verses crossing that line to actually physically performing that activity and getting paid for doing it," Karin also said.
TheBlaze sent a request for comment to the PPNCS email address included on the sign up form and to Planned Parenthood North Central States' media relations account Sunday morning, but did not hear back in time for publication.
Watch video from Fox News Channel's "Fox and Friends Weekend" below featuring an interview with a Minnesota homeschooling mother-of-six on Planned Parenthood offering a "sex ed summer camp" for Mankato, Minnesota area teens.
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The Fairfax County School Board is considering changes to its sex education program that would refer to boys as “assigned males at birth” and girls as “assigned females at birth,” denying biological reality in favor of advancing the transgender agenda. According to a local report, the school board is considering a number of radical proposals […]