Dr. Morality
An interview with radio talk-show host Dr. Laura.
January 1, 1998
Immorality may not be on the ropes, but it
has met a worthy and surprising opponent—a conservative Jewish woman with
a secular radio talk show out of Los Angeles. Her daily program draws upward
of 18 million listeners.
With a Ph.D. in physiology from Columbia, Dr. Laura Schlessinger rails
against abortion, adultery, and other moral ills. U.S. News & World
Report called Dr. Laura, also a licensed therapist, an "expert provocateur."
She can be bold, sassy, and curt when a caller asks about a moral dilemma:
"On a scale of one to ten, how high on the stupid meter are you going to
rate today?"
Dr. Laura's stand on volatile issues has drawn the ire of many. Although
pastors would not agree with Dr. Laura's opinions on every issue, she is
an ally for righteous living; she has captured the moral attention of an
anything-goes culture. Leadership's Dave Goetz talked with Dr. Laura
about what's behind today's interest in morality.
How do you describe what you do on the air?
Dr. Laura: I preach, teach, and nag. I remind people that the reason
they're unhappy, frustrated, and their lives are in chaos is because they're
not focused on how to make their lives purposeful.
When I listened to your show recently I noticed a large percentage of
the calls related to sexual issues. Why?
...
To make it meaningful and important, sex has to be within a covenant. The
feminists were stupid to think that women could have meaningless sex like
the guys, that somehow that would enrich women's lives.
Instead it gave men much more freedom and women much more bondage.
Exactly. Single women with kids out of wedlock—that's the number-one thing
it gave women.
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