What diminuitive sex advice columnist was trained as a sniper by Israeli militants?
Advice column Dr. Ruth—as well as general lifestyle issues. "The Athenian Mercury" contained the first known advice column in 1690. Many advice columns are now syndicated and appear in several newspapers. Prominent American examples include Dear Abby, Ann Landers, Carolyn Hax's "Tell Me About It", and Daniel Mallory Ortberg's "Dear Prudence". Internet sites such as the Elder Wisdom Circle offer relationship advice to a broad audience; Dear Maggie offers sex advice to a predominantly Christian readership in "Christianity Magazine", and Miriam's Advice Well offers advice to Jews in Philadelphia. Men as advice columnists are rarer than women in print, but men have
Sex columnist Sex columnist A sex columnist is a writer of a newspaper or magazine column about sex. Sex advice columns may take the form of essays or, more frequently, answers to questions posed by readers. Sex advice columns can usually be found in alt weekly newspapers, women's magazines, health or fitness magazines, and student newspapers. While some are written by trained sexologists, many are penned by people lacking credentials in human sexuality and relationships, yet willing to divulge their opinions or personal bedroom antics. The television series "Sex and the City" protagonist Carrie Bradshaw was a sex columnist, which author Candace