Shere Hite

Shere Hite
Hite in 1981
Born
Shirley Diana Gregory

(1942-11-02)November 2, 1942
St. Joseph, Missouri, U.S.
DiedSeptember 9, 2020(2020-09-09) (aged 77)
Tottenham, London, England
Citizenship
Alma mater
Known forResearch pertaining to female sexuality
Spouses
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    (m. 1985; div. 1999)​
  • Paul Sullivan
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    (m. 2012)​
Scientific career
FieldsSexology

Shere Hite (/ʃɛər ˈhaɪt/ shair HYTE;[2] November 2, 1942[3] – September 9, 2020)[4] was an American-born German[5] sex educator and feminist. Her sexological work focused primarily on female sexuality. Hite built upon biological studies of sex by Masters and Johnson and by Alfred Kinsey and was the author of The Hite Report: A Nationwide Study on Female Sexuality.[6] She also referenced theoretical, political and psychological works associated with the feminist movement of the 1970s, such as Anne Koedt's essay "The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm". She renounced her United States citizenship in 1995 to become German.[1]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Hite (2003) was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Seelye, Katharine Q. (September 11, 2020). "Shere Hite, Who Challenged Myths of Female Sexuality, Dies at 77". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 4 December 2023.
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  4. ^ Weaver, Matthew (September 10, 2020). "'She began the real sexual revolution for women': Shere Hite dies aged 77". The Guardian. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Jayson was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Jong, Erica (October 3, 1976). "The Hite Report". New York Times. Retrieved December 6, 2023.