The Hite Report, Shere Hite
The Hite Report, Shere Hite
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The Hite Report
A Nationwide Study of Female Sexuality

Author: Shere Hite

Narrator: Karissa Vacker, Janina Edwards, Reese Cowley, Robin Miles, Soneela Nankani, Emily Lawrence, Lisa Bunting, Dawn Harvey, Kitty Hendrix, Heather Henderson, Greta Jung

Unabridged: 19 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/15/2025


Synopsis

A reproduction of the classic text, unavailable now for more than a decade, with a new introduction by the author. The Hite Report, first published in 1976, was a sexual revolution in six hundred pages. To answer sensitive questions dealing with the most intimate details of women's sexuality, Hite's innovation was simple: she asked women, a lot of them, everything--and published the results.
One hundred thousand women, ages fourteen to seventy-eight, were asked what they do and don't like about sex; how orgasm really feels, with and without intercourse; how it feels not to have an orgasm during sex; the importance of clitoral stimulation and masturbation; and to name the greatest pleasures and frustrations of their sexual lives, among many other questions.The Hite Report declares that orgasm is easy and strong for women, given the right stimulation; that most women have orgasm most easily during masturbation or clitoral stimulation by hand; that sex as we define it is a cultural institution, not a biological one; and that attitudes must change to include the stimulation women desire.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Karen on January 27, 2023

Was reading about the new documentary on Hite. I saw her speak while at University. [URL not allowed] Book is available in pdf. online: [URL not allowed]-content... Just finished Lady Chatterley's Lover: Would have done D.H. Lawrence so much good to have read this a......more

Goodreads review by Ronald on August 19, 2011

This one was added to my collection while I was majoring in psychology at the University of Washington, and on the recommendation of my only girlfriend ever, Patty. Read the first time in 1976, while I was making a last gasp effort to convince myself that I was straight, the overall impression I got......more

Goodreads review by Stacey on October 01, 2008

I never got "the speech" from my parents. Instead my mom gave me this book when I was about 14 or so and said "read it in the dark". It was all downhill from there. :)......more

Goodreads review by Helmut on April 21, 2015

Statistik mal anders In der NDR-Talkshow war neulich Erika Berger zu Gast. Sie wurde gefragt, welche Fragen ihr heutzutage, in einem aufgeklärteren Zeitalter, noch gestellt wurden. "Abgesehen von der ewigen Frage nach dem Orgasmus, der nicht vorhanden ist?" fragte sie gegen. Dieses Buch, geschrieben......more

Goodreads review by Victoire on February 23, 2012

After Kinsey (which I later read) Hite was touted as the leading author... indeed she is. It's all here in real detail. Makes you actually think about 'what women want' before you go barging in with your assumptions. Curious, Disturbing (in places) and erotic (passages are written in the tellers own......more