felixthecat
October 7th, 2007, 11:30 PM
Two Lewd Tuesdays
Oprah promotes, Whoopi volunteers for irresponsible sex.
By Colleen Raezler
Culture and Media Institute
October 3, 2007
What is going on with women’s talk shows?
On Tuesday, October 2, Whoopi Goldberg told The View’s audience that she would like to “do” the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, along with her husband, Paul Pelosi. On Tuesday, September 25, Oprah Winfrey featured a couple who have an open marriage, along with experts that encourage women to have “friends with benefits” and use pornography.
Whoopi’s comments stemmed from an exchange earlier in the show in which she needled Barbara Walters about interviewing “her man,” Paul Newman. The good-natured ribbing quickly descended into dialogue more befitting a locker room:
Barbara Walters: Talk about older men, ooh!
Whoopi Goldberg: Let me call him up.
Walters: You would do him, as they say?
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Oprah delved into Sex and the City territory when she featured sex expert Dr. Pepper Schwartz and psychiatrist Dr. Gail Saltz on her September 25 show, “237 Reasons to Have Sex.” The show’s official topic was our changing attitudes about sex, but in effect the show became an endorsement of promiscuity.
Schwartz advocated “friends with benefits.” She pointed out that this arrangement is not right for everyone and does not “substitute for a deep, loving relationship.” But the only problems Schwartz spoke about were feelings of “jealousy or forced love.” Nothing was stated about the risks of sexually transmitted diseases or the risk to a woman’s heart.
http://www.cultureandmediainstitute.org/articles/2007/20071003184246.aspx
This is totoally disgusting on behalf of Oprah and The View. :doh
Oprah promotes, Whoopi volunteers for irresponsible sex.
By Colleen Raezler
Culture and Media Institute
October 3, 2007
What is going on with women’s talk shows?
On Tuesday, October 2, Whoopi Goldberg told The View’s audience that she would like to “do” the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, along with her husband, Paul Pelosi. On Tuesday, September 25, Oprah Winfrey featured a couple who have an open marriage, along with experts that encourage women to have “friends with benefits” and use pornography.
Whoopi’s comments stemmed from an exchange earlier in the show in which she needled Barbara Walters about interviewing “her man,” Paul Newman. The good-natured ribbing quickly descended into dialogue more befitting a locker room:
Barbara Walters: Talk about older men, ooh!
Whoopi Goldberg: Let me call him up.
Walters: You would do him, as they say?
...
Oprah delved into Sex and the City territory when she featured sex expert Dr. Pepper Schwartz and psychiatrist Dr. Gail Saltz on her September 25 show, “237 Reasons to Have Sex.” The show’s official topic was our changing attitudes about sex, but in effect the show became an endorsement of promiscuity.
Schwartz advocated “friends with benefits.” She pointed out that this arrangement is not right for everyone and does not “substitute for a deep, loving relationship.” But the only problems Schwartz spoke about were feelings of “jealousy or forced love.” Nothing was stated about the risks of sexually transmitted diseases or the risk to a woman’s heart.
http://www.cultureandmediainstitute.org/articles/2007/20071003184246.aspx
This is totoally disgusting on behalf of Oprah and The View. :doh