Hear her now? Dr. Ruth isn't done speaking up

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Being Doctor Ruth
FILE - In this Jan. 17, 1985 file photo, sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer laughs as musician Cyndi Lauper does her hair up in "punk" style in New York. In 1980, Westheimer broke into late-night radio with "Sexually Speaking," launching a career as confider-in-chief. The voice that Westheimer found on radio, and in the books and television shows that followed, pushed the boundaries of popular culture, declaring it not just safe, but healthy, for people to speak explicitly about their sex lives. A generation after the country embraced the Ruthian ethic of sexual honesty and moved on, what's left for Dr. Ruth, now an octogenarian grandmother, to talk about? Plenty, as it turns out. (AP Photo/Nancy Kaye)