About Bettina Arndt
Bettina Mary Arndt (born 1 August 1949) is an Australian writer and commentator who specialises in sex and gender issues. Starting as a sex therapist, she established her career in the 1970s publishing and broadcasting as well as writing several books. In the last two decades she has abandoned feminism and attracted controversy with her social commentary and her views on sexual abuse, domestic violence and men's rights advocacy. == Early life == Arndt was born in Penrith, England, to the economist Heinz Arndt (1915 – 6 May 2002) and Ruth (née Strohsahl) (20 March 1915 – 20 March 2001), the youngest of three children. Her parents were German, and escaped Nazi Germany prior to World War II. They emigrated to Australia in 1945 and she grew up in Canberra. == Education == In 1971, after completing a Bachelor of Science degree at the Australian National University, Arndt moved to Sydney and studied at the University of New South Wales where she completed a Master of Clinical Psychology degree in 1973; her thesis was on orgasm dysfunction. == Family == Arndt lives in Sydney. She was first married in 1977 to journalist Dennis Minogue who died in 1981. Arndt and Minogue were business partners during this time. Her second marriage was to American corporate lawyer Warren Scott in 1986.
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