# Earth to Dr. Laura! Earth to Dr. Laura!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 1, 2003, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-to-dr-laura-earth-to-dr-laura/204935 "2003-10-01T16:05:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-to-dr-laura-earth-to-dr-laura/204935/1 "2003-10-01T16:05:41Z")
[This](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,98797,00.html) is so anachronistic as to be almost funny - if she wasn’t so serious! > [@](#): > > If husbands are expected to “go to work and earn money” and visit relatives they don’t like, she argues, why can’t their wives put out on demand? Yeah. Why not? It’s not like wives don’t go to work and earn money or visit relatives they don’t like. How sad there are those who think she has something of value to offer. I wonder if she had the song _[Wives and Lovers](http://www.webfitz.com/lyrics/Lyrics/1964/701964.html)_ stuck in her head for too long?[ul] \*For wives should always be lovers too Run to his arms the moment he comes home to you I’m warning you… Day after day There are girls at the office And men will always be men Don’t send him off with your hair still in curlers You may not see him again\*[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-to-dr-laura-earth-to-dr-laura/204935/2 "2003-10-01T16:20:29Z")
I really wish Dr. Laura would just shut up and go away. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-to-dr-laura-earth-to-dr-laura/204935/3 "2003-10-01T16:21:29Z")
I don’t see a problem with Dr. Laura’s expectations. I mean, really, when else am I going to catch up on my knitting? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-to-dr-laura-earth-to-dr-laura/204935/4 "2003-10-01T16:28:54Z")
Wait a second, **Juanita** , you mean you _knit_ while you’re putting out? Do you think that’s wise? I mean, you might drop a stitch or something… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-to-dr-laura-earth-to-dr-laura/204935/5 "2003-10-01T16:51:06Z")
Knits mate nice. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-to-dr-laura-earth-to-dr-laura/204935/6 "2003-10-01T16:58:49Z")
Knits mate nice. ---
**Author:** ![TaxGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@TaxGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TaxGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-to-dr-laura-earth-to-dr-laura/204935/7 "2003-10-01T17:00:40Z")
I imagine there’s no context to the above quote or anything, huh? “Hello, this is Dr. Laura. If husbands are expected to go to work and earn money and visit relatives they don’t like, why can’t their wives put out on demand? Thank you.” ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-to-dr-laura-earth-to-dr-laura/204935/8 "2003-10-01T17:04:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lieu \* > \*\*Knits mate nice. \*\* What an obscure reference. (Not obscure to a seasoned Doper or to a student of colonial history, but still, fairly obscure in the `normal’ world.) Anyway, I agree that Laura is a nitwit, and I hope she doesn’t pass on her stupidity to any of her offspring (if she, indeed, has any offspring). ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-to-dr-laura-earth-to-dr-laura/204935/9 "2003-10-01T17:06:45Z")
How could context possibly make the statement any less absurd than it is? And no, I do’nt know the exact context - I read the linked article and that’s as far as it went. Frankly, I don’t care enough about this woman to research her views. I’d rather mock the silliness as I see it. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-to-dr-laura-earth-to-dr-laura/204935/10 "2003-10-01T17:07:25Z")
I wonder if Dr. Laura puts out on demand? ---
**Author:** ![Chicago\_Faucet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chicago_faucet/32/13910_2.png) [@Chicago\_Faucet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicago_Faucet)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-to-dr-laura-earth-to-dr-laura/204935/11 "2003-10-01T17:13:14Z")
Actually, the link gives the proper context. [strawman] So, Fairy, you don’t think women should have to put out once in a while? And, Juanita, sex is just as obsolete as knitting? [/strawman] I’m actually in a sex starved marriage, so this hits a raw nerve with me. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-to-dr-laura-earth-to-dr-laura/204935/12 "2003-10-01T17:13:39Z")
Yeah, thanks for the image, **Amp**. _shudder_ ---
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-to-dr-laura-earth-to-dr-laura/204935/13 "2003-10-01T17:15:25Z")
**Tax Guy** , if you’d maybe bothered to click on the link you’d see that the incomplete Dr. Laura quote is from her new book, **The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands** , which sounds awfully like something out of Harry Potter. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-to-dr-laura-earth-to-dr-laura/204935/14 "2003-10-01T17:16:59Z")
You don’t need to settle for a mental image. Google for her naked pics and off you go! ---
**Author:** ![TaxGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@TaxGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TaxGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-to-dr-laura-earth-to-dr-laura/204935/15 "2003-10-01T17:18:31Z")
OK, **FCM** , so you’re taking someone’s interpretation of what Dr. Laura “argues” (notice, not “said” or “wrote”), and then getting all pissed at Dr. Laura about it. Hey, I’m no Dr. Laura fan, but it just seems to me that there are better ways to live your life than to get pissed about someone else getting pissed about something without investigating it yourself. Also, the book isn’t even out yet (it’s arguably not even really written yet because only proofs have been sent out), so your thread is a wee bit early. > [@](#): > > Frankly, I don’t care enough about this woman to research her views. OK, blind rage on then, but seems a little silly to me. ---
**Author:** ![lil\_ol\_me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c67d28/32.png) [@lil\_ol\_me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lil_ol_me)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-to-dr-laura-earth-to-dr-laura/204935/16 "2003-10-01T17:19:02Z")
Not evenly closely related but good for a giggle nontheless Leviticus 18 : 22 > [@](#): > > \*\* \*Laura Schlessinger is a US radio personality who dispenses advice to people who call in to her radio show. > > Recently, she said that as an observant Orthodox Jew homosexuality is an abomination according to Leviticus 18:22 and cannot be condoned in any circumstance. > > The following is an open letter to Dr. Laura penned by a US resident, which was posted on the Internet: \* > Dear Dr. Laura: > > Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God’s Law. I have learned a great deal from your show, and I try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind them that Leviticus 18:22 clearly states it to be an abomination. > > End of debate. > > I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some of the specific laws and how to follow them. > > a) When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a pleasing odour for the Lord (Lev. 1:9). The problem is my neighbours. They claim the odour is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them? > > b) I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her? > > c) I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her period of menstrual uncleanliness (Lev. 15:19-24). The problem is, how do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offence. > > d) Lev. 25:44 states that I may indeed possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are purchased from neighbouring nations. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you clarify? Why can’t I own Canadians? > > e) I have a neighbour who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself? > > f) A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an abomination (Lev. 11:10), it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I don’t agree. Can you settle this? > > g) Lev. 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle room here? > > h) Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by ev.19:27. How should they die? > > I) I know from Lev. 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves? > > j) My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev. 19:19 by planting two different crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to curse and blaspheme a lot. > Is it really necessary that we go to all the trouble getting the whole town together to stone them? (Lev.24:10-16) Couldn’t we just burn them to death at a private family affair like we do with people who sleep with their in-laws? (Lev. 20:14) > > I know you have studied these things extensively, so I am confident you can help. > > Thank you again for reminding us that God’s word is eternal and unchanging. > > Your devoted disciple and adoring fan. > Jake \*\* ---
**Author:** ![TaxGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@TaxGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TaxGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-to-dr-laura-earth-to-dr-laura/204935/17 "2003-10-01T17:23:17Z")
That was funny! I really wonder what ol’ DL would say about that, like if she has some explanation that makes sense to her about why the “no homosexuality” rule is still in effect if the others aren’t. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-to-dr-laura-earth-to-dr-laura/204935/18 "2003-10-01T17:24:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chicago Faucet \* > \*\*So, Fairy, you don’t think women should have to put out once in a while? \*\* Personally, I hate the term “put out” - it sounds like a chore or a distasteful obligation. I think a couple needs to find what works for their marriage, and if there’s a wide gulf between their expectations, they may need to get help to bridge the gulf. But to have to “do one’s duty” reduces lovemaking to the level of a household job. And if one spouse is willing to have the other one in that “dutiful” position, there are issues and problems that I’m not qualified to address. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-to-dr-laura-earth-to-dr-laura/204935/19 "2003-10-01T17:29:50Z")
**Tax Guy** , I don’t believe I said I was pissed. Nor am I raging. I wanted to share the article because it amused me, and I know the boards well enough to know that Dr. Laura threads belong in the Pit. If that’s OK with you… I’m sorry my silliness offends. ---
**Author:** ![lil\_ol\_me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c67d28/32.png) [@lil\_ol\_me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lil_ol_me)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-to-dr-laura-earth-to-dr-laura/204935/20 "2003-10-01T17:29:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TaxGuy \* > \*\*I really wonder what ol’ DL would say about that,…/B] emmm… [http://www.rslevinson.com/gaylesissues/features/collect/newsnotes/bl\_newsnote0016.htm](http://www.rslevinson.com/gaylesissues/features/collect/newsnotes/bl_newsnote0016.htm) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-to-dr-laura-earth-to-dr-laura/204935.md?page=2)