Westheimer, a Holocaust survivor, has hosted multiple sex-related television series, and authored 45 books on sex and sexuality.

• She claims to have had her first sexual intercourse "without protection" at 17 in the British-controlled Mandatory Palestine.

• Later, Westheimer joined Haganah, the main Jewish paramilitary force prior to the founding of Israel in 1948.

• Her media career on sex began in 1980, with the radio show Sexually Speaking.