# 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:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![jesuslynch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e99b99/32.png) [@jesuslynch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jesuslynch)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-to-dr-laura-earth-to-dr-laura/204935/41 "2003-10-02T12:55:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SimonX \* > \*\*I give up, who’s JDT? \*\* [For your dining and dancing pleasure…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=43031) ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-to-dr-laura-earth-to-dr-laura/204935/42 "2003-10-02T12:56:29Z")
Sweet Jesus, **Snoopy** , why would I want to read that old bat’s drivel? She annoys the everlovin’ snot out of me. I’d rather read that FlyLady book about the pride I ought to take in a shiny sink, the joys of “blessing” my family, and the benefits of wearing lace-up shoes at all times. I could care less about Dr. Laura or her book, I was just responding to **CF** ’s question. (I have to say, though, given the other shit that woman tends to spew, I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if she _is_ advocating the idea of “wifely duties.”) ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-to-dr-laura-earth-to-dr-laura/204935/43 "2003-10-02T13:06:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Weirddave \* > \*\*Might this “bridge” take the form of a drop dead georgous 18 year old redhead and her bisexual twin sister? I’m dying to know. > 😛 \*\* Ginger has a sister? Um…invite her to the party. Please? ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-to-dr-laura-earth-to-dr-laura/204935/44 "2003-10-02T13:09:43Z")
I knew it! It was the foreskin guy! ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-to-dr-laura-earth-to-dr-laura/204935/45 "2003-10-02T13:11:21Z")
> [@](#): > > Sweet Jesus, Snoopy, why would I want to read that old bat’s drivel? CCL, you’re priceless. Simply priceless… ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-to-dr-laura-earth-to-dr-laura/204935/46 "2003-10-02T16:07:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > \*\*Ginger has a sister? > > Um…invite her to the party. > > Please? \*\* I’m not 18, bitch. ---
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-to-dr-laura-earth-to-dr-laura/204935/47 "2003-10-02T16:46:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GingerOfTheNorth \* > \*\*I’m not 18, bitch. \*\* Me either ---
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-to-dr-laura-earth-to-dr-laura/204935/48 "2003-10-02T19:18:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CrazyCatLady \* > \*\*Well, frankly, I don’t think anyone should _have_ to have sex with anyone. Sex should always be something that you freely choose to do because that’s what you both want to do. I think that not _wanting_ to have sex with your spouse for a long period of time is a big flashing red light that there’s a problem of some sort somewhere. \*\* And you never went to a movie that just your SO wanted to see? ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-to-dr-laura-earth-to-dr-laura/204935/49 "2003-10-02T19:23:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GingerOfTheNorth \* > \*\*I’m not 18, bitch. \*\* You’re not? I could have **sworn**. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-to-dr-laura-earth-to-dr-laura/204935/50 "2003-10-02T19:26:25Z")
I’ve read the quoted material and your question no less than seven times, AcidKid. What on _earth_ does one have to do with the other? ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-to-dr-laura-earth-to-dr-laura/204935/51 "2003-10-02T19:35:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AcidKid \* > \*\*And you never went to a movie that just your SO wanted to see? \*\* Not that I can think of, no. Why in the world would I spend my time and money sitting through something I didn’t want to see and wouldn’t enjoy? And why would he want me to spend my time and money sitting through something I didn’t want to see and wouldn’t enjoy? I have on occasion gone to see stuff in the theater with him when my inclination was to wait for it to come out on video, but in those cases I had at least some desire to see the movie in the first place. And even if I had sat through some god-awful movie he wanted to see and I didn’t, it would be because I _chose_ to, not because I was obligated to. ---
**Author:** ![Tygr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@Tygr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tygr)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-to-dr-laura-earth-to-dr-laura/204935/52 "2003-10-03T16:55:00Z")
> [@](#): > > She also describes other ways a woman can make her marriage flourish: by making her husband her No. 1 priority; by not nagging, nitpicking or whining (“Be honest, girls, this is what we do”) and by seeing her husband for what he is: “a gift from God,” and respecting him accordingly. Yeah, how anachronistic… I know it’s Fox news, but this just shows that they can be as capable bomb-throwing muckrakers as any other major news outlet. If Schlessinger says this in her new book, it represents a near-180º departure from what she says on her show. From what I hear (I catch the show perhaps 4 or 5 times a month), she advises that marriage is entered into with an expectation of physical intimacy. The most I have ever heard her offer to women to “just do it” (_never_ phrased that way) is “If you don’t have an objection to orgasms, perhaps you can try and get into it anyway. You might find yourself enjoying it, and actually have an orgasm. Wouldn’t that make it worth talking yourself into it?” DISCLAIMER: This is not a direct quote - I’m paraphrasing. For women, men, or couples who have ongoing problems with sex, she always advises counseling. The closest she gets to the allegation the article is trying to pin on her is that married people have an obligation to have an active intimate life. But trust the media to spin that in the near-opposite direction just to rile people up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-to-dr-laura-earth-to-dr-laura/204935.md?page=2)