Dr. Laura said what???

[Kirby]

I was listening to talk radio today and heard that Dr. Laura said that it was the woman's fault if her spouse looked for sex outside of their marriage. That women in today's time don't try to satisfy and put their husbands first anymore.

I'm like, what?????

I personally know a man that habitually cheated on all of his wives (he's been married four times). It wasn't because he wasn't satisfied, it was in his nature to do so. He's currently single and realizes now that all the cheating he has done was wrong. He wishes that he had stayed married to his last wife and had not cheated on her.

So, I guess, it's the ex-NY governer's wife's fault he cheated on her????

What do you think?

 

[akhenaten]

yeah and I guess women who get hit by their men are asking for it !!!

 

[TEENEE]

First of all I think Dr.Laura is full of hot air. I don't think a person that cheats is always looking for sex.

 

[budbeerlady]

I think we need a smiley that smacks another smiley upside the head. She is nuts!

 

[sassyat30]

She's wrong.

And I have some not very nice thoughts about her in general, but I'll keep them to myself.

 

[mickeyboat]

I think she has a point about women not putting their husbands first. I also think men don't put their wives first, too. I can see how it would lead to people being unhappy, but it is no way an excuse to break marriage vows.

Denae

 

[jimmiej]

Every situation is different, but if a spouse ignores their mate's needs, be they sexual, emotional, or whatever, I can see where that might be a reason some stray.

 

[Zippa D Doodah]

I'm not saying the cheese is all the way on Dr. Laura's cracker, but maybe there is a kernel of truth in what she's saying.

 

[Sandy V.]

Just consider the source. If you go to Wikipedia and read about HER life, Laura Schlessinger has NO business throwing stones while living in her glass house.

 

[PaulaSB12]

I was listening to talk radio today and heard that Dr. Laura said that it was the woman's fault if her spouse looked for sex outside of their marriage. That women in today's time don't try to satisfy and put their husbands first anymore.

I'm like, what?????

I personally know a man that habitually cheated on all of his wives (he's been married four times). It wasn't because he wasn't satisfied, it was in his nature to do so. He's currently single and realizes now that all the cheating he has done was wrong. He wishes that he had stayed married to his last wife and had not cheated on her.

So, I guess, it's the ex-NY governer's wife's fault he cheated on her????

What do you think?

Its an easy way of defending the fact that she dated a married man though! Also the fact that he left his wife for her and they lived to gether before getting married 2 of the biggest no nos in her book
While working at USC, she met Dr. Lewis G. Bishop, who was married with dependent children. According to divorce filings, Schlessinger and Bishop began an affair. Bishop left his wife after more than 20 years of marriage, and moved in with Schlessinger. They lived together as an unmarried couple, and Schlessinger tried to get pregnant after reversing an earlier tubal ligation and suffering an ectopic pregnancy. They married in early 1985, eight years after beginning their relationship, and Bishop became Schlessinger's business manager. Schlessinger bore their only child, Deryk Schlessinger, in November 1985, when she was 38.
Schlessinger began practicing Judaism in 1996, and she and her son Deryk became followers of Conservative Judaism. Although Schlessinger's father was Jewish, she was not a Jew under Jewish law, which dictates that the children are the ethnicity of the mother only. In 1998, Schlessinger, Bishop, and their son converted to Orthodox Judaism under Rabbi Reuven P. Bulka of Ottawa, Ontario. Schlessinger sometimes used Jewish law and examples to resolve the moral dilemmas of her callers, whether or not they were Jewish. She occasionally clarified ethical and moral issues with her local Orthodox Rabbi, Moshe D. Bryski, before mentioning them on the air. She was embraced by many in the politically conservative segment of Orthodox Judaism for bringing more awareness of Orthodoxy to her radio show. Schlessinger received a National Heritage award from the National Council of Young Israel in early 2001. Some of her expressed views were explicitly religious, and found their way into her 1999 book The Ten Commandments: The Significance of God's Laws in Everyday Life. While her other books stressed the importance of morality, they were secular in nature.

She has received awards from both media and conservative organizations, including the Marconi Award for Network/Syndicated Personality of the year, American Women in Radio & Television's Genii Award and National Heritage Award, and the National Religious Broadcasters' Chairman's Award. She also lectures on the national conservative circuit, and was the commencement speaker at Hillsdale College in June, 2002. Her son matriculated there the following fall; he subsequently left college and joined the United States Army under its 18x Special Forces contract program.

In July 2003, Schlessinger announced on her show that she was no longer an Orthodox Jew. In a series of monologues over the next month, she explained that she did not feel a connection with God, and felt frustrated by the effort she had put into following the religion. Her religious approach on the show lessened substantially after this announcement. She emphasized on the air how her Christian callers always reached out to her as a respected and valued friend, unlike her Jewish contacts, who were inclined to be indifferent

 

[KariC]

I think we need a smiley that smacks another smiley upside the head. She is nuts!

this one work for you?

 

[Pigeon]

Every situation is different, but if a spouse ignores their mate's needs, be they sexual, emotional, or whatever, I can see where that might be a reason some stray.

It might be an excuse to stray, but it's not a reason. If you aren't happy, an honorable person will work on the relationship or get out.

Being married to Dr. Laura would be a good excuse to cheat.

 

[Acklander]

If a partner is cheating, then there was obviously a breakdown in the marriage somewhere. I don't think it's a one person or the other person type thing, but more of a combo of both partners. Cheating is usually a symptom of something else.

 

[Jennasis]

I mentioned this on page one of the original Gov. Spitzer thread. I was listening to "Dr." Laura in the background on the Today Show yesterday while I was typing a response and heard her say it. I just about died!

 

[PlutosFriend]

I'm not saying the cheese is all the way on Dr. Laura's cracker, but maybe there is a kernel of truth in what she's saying.

I think I see what you are saying. In any marriage, if there isn't enough sex for one of the partners, they could stray at get it elsewhere. But how does Dr. Laura know this is the case?

 

[mickeyboat]

I think I see what you are saying. In any marriage, if there isn't enough sex for one of the partners, they could stray at get it elsewhere. But how does Dr. Laura know this is the case?

As far as I am concerned, it isn't all about the sex, but that the sex represents a feeling of intimacy and closeness.

 

[Piglet4Ever]

She's nuts I think if you can't find what you need inside your marriage, do the grown up thing and separate or divorce, there is never an excuse for cheating in my opinion.

 

[stinkerbelle's mom]

I think she just needed something to say to start some contraversy to get herself some attention.

 

[NY Disney fan]

I'm not saying the cheese is all the way on Dr. Laura's cracker, but maybe there is a kernel of truth in what she's saying.

Are you kidding me? Do you know HOW Dr. Laura met her husband? She had an AFFAIR WITH A MARRIED MAN W/CHILDREN. He left his wife for her. Dr. Laura HAS to defend the wayward spouse because anything else would be unthinkable (in her eyes). She's a crackpot.

 

[budbeerlady]

this one work for you?

I like it!