Dr. Ruth is much harder-core than you thought.

[Req]

Snopes has the whole story.

Dimunitive Dr. Ruth Westheimer (4'7") is the nation's most well-known sex
doctor. Though you wouldn't suspect it from the grandmotherly appearance of "Dr. Ruth," this psychosexual therapist has been dispensing frank sex advice since 1980. (Across that span of time, she says the language in which queries are phrased has become more explicit, but the questions themselves have remained the same.)

The odd juxtaposition of her appearance and professional calling is not the only surprise to Dr. Ruth: there is also the small matter of her having trained in her youth as a sniper with the Israeli Defense Force.

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"When I was in my routine training for the Israeli army as a teenager, they discovered completely by chance that I was a lethal sniper. I could hit the target smack in the center further away than anyone could believe. Not just that, even though I was tiny and not even much of an athlete, I was incredibly accurate throwing hand grenades too. Even today I can load a Sten automatic rifle in a single minute, blindfolded."

[Sport-Touring]

[toddrod]

I heard about this before. I wonder if she ever took anyone out.  

[Bubwheat]

Holy Moly, a woman that likes sex and guns!  

[LENSMAN]

They don't put women on the front lines, anymore. The war of independence was probably the last time they were on the front lines.  

[sammyseaman]

Holy Moly, a woman that likes sex and guns!  

And she's only 4' 7". Near midget height   .

[cbsnbiker]

Thank you, Denny Crain.  

[sammyseaman]

Thank you, Denny Crain.  

[goldylocks303]

I heard about this before. I wonder if she ever took anyone out.  

Unlikely that she ever saw combat.  What people don't realize is that EVERYONE in Israel joins the army for a short period.  Not only is it required but they actually look forward to it, serious pride in your country.  

eD

[dm_gsxr]

They don't put women on the front lines, anymore. The war of independence was probably the last time they were on the front lines.  

Heck, with her accuracy she doesn't need to be on the front lines

Carl

[Req]

Unlikely that she ever saw combat.  What people don't realize is that EVERYONE in Israel joins the army for a short period.  Not only is it required but they actually look forward to it, serious pride in your country.  

eD

Her military career was cut short when she was seriously injured:
"My legs were almost ripped off on my 20th birthday in 1948 in Jerusalem from cannon ball shrapnel which exploded in the student's residence where I was living. Three other students were killed instantly and many more were wounded. The metal pierced both my legs, and there was blood everywhere. A cannon ball from Jordan had smashed through the window. I was thrown 20 feet. The strangest thing was that all I could think about was whether there might be some blood on the brand-new shoes I had just gotten for my birthday, and amazingly there wasn't even a drop on them, which was all I cared about in some kind of strange denial."

[Bodhi]

Holy Moly, a woman that likes sex and guns!  

And has a sort of kind of German accent!

[Scratch33]

Sheesh!  She comes off like that SMERSH/SPECTRE assassin in "From Russia With Love" -- wonder if she has a shoe knife?