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Introduction
Born Shirley Diana Gregory in Missouri in 1942, Shere Hite became one of the foremost sexual researchers of our era. She became Shere Hite when she took the surname of her stepfather. Hite received her education in history and social history at the University of Florida and Columbia University. While her research has focused primarily on the female sexual response, Hite has also written about male sexuality. Hite’s research built upon some of the findings of the sexual researchers Masters and Johnson and Alfred Kinsey. The Hite Reports are groundbreaking and have opened the door for frank discussion about female and male sexuality. Some researchers have questioned Hite’s methods of research, as she primarily uses individual questionnaires instead of probability samples.
Hite married German concert pianist Friedrich Horicke in 1985. The couple had no children. In 1995, Hite renounced her American citizenship to become a German citizen. She has lived in Germany ever since.
- Interview: Shere Hite: This interview with Hite from 2009 offers some biographical information on her and her advice about sexual attitudes today.
- Shere Hite: This site presents comprehensive information about Hite, from her real name to her parents’ names to her educational credentials and works.
- Shere Hite, Now A German Citizen, Finds Appreciation and Celebrity: This article about Hite from 1996 discusses much of her life, her work, and the renunciation of her American citizenship to become a German citizen.
The Hite Reports
The Hite Reports were groundbreaking in that they opened up the discourse about sexuality between men and women. Specifically, Hite shone a light on female sexuality and the ability to reach orgasm through masturbation, not intercourse alone. Her research showed that 70% of women failed to reach orgasm through only intercourse, which went against previous research by Masters and Johnson which said that thrusting during intercourse should provide enough clitoral stimulation to help women achieve orgasm. Although some researchers said Hite’s methodology was flawed, Hite’s reports were controversial to some, beneficial to many, and hold their own among sexual research in the 20th and 21st century.
- Shere Hite – On Female Sexuality in the 21st Century: This article which consists of an interview with Hite from 2006 and reviews of her reports, discusses many of her works, including 1976’s The Hite Report: A Nationwide Study of Female Sexuality, 1981’s The Hite Report on Men and Male Sexuality, and what some consider to be her most controversial report, 1987’s Women and Love: A Cultural Revolution in Progress.
- If Men Read It, Sex Will Improve: This book review by Erica Jong from 1976 offers a positive critique of Hite’s The Hite Report: A Nationwide Study of Female Sexuality.
- The Uncelebrated Beauty of Men’s Sexuality: This article written by Hite in 2009 discusses her findings on men’s views of pornography.
- Sexes: Back Off, Buddy: This article from 1987 details some of the findings in Women and Love: A Cultural Revolution in Progress (The Hite Report on Love, Passion, and Emotional Violence). It offers criticism from other researchers as well.
- Sex Counts: A Methodological Critique of Hite’s Women and Love: This journal article provides a critique of Women and Love: A Cultural Revolution in Progress (The Hite Report on Love, Passion, and Emotional Violence).
- Hite Report on Women and Love: This article provides a review of the methodology Hite used in The Hite Report on Female Sexuality and Women and Love.
- Book Review: The Hite Report on the Family: This article (at the bottom of the page) reviews The Hite Report on the Family: Growing Up Under Patriarchy.
- Why Are Women Their Own Worst Enemies?: This article from 2007 outlines and offers details on The Hite Report on Women Loving Women (2007).
- The Shere Hite Papers Report to the Schlesinger Library: This article focuses on the acquisition by the Schlesinger Library of the Hite Reports. It also outlines her biographical information and some of the content of her reports.
- Sexual Honesty: By Women For Women (review): This article reviews Hite’s 1982 book Sexual Honesty: By Women For Women, which was written in response to questionnaires from The Hite Report on Female Sexuality.
- Shere Hite: Author Search Results: This site from the Yale University Library details ten of Hite’s works contained within the library.
Conclusion
Hite’s methodology to conduct her research on sexuality differed from those of other famous sex researchers such as Masters and Johnson or Alfred Kinsey. She did not use representative samples in her research, but instead opted for the individual questionnaire method. Some regarded this method to be invalid in a scientific sense. However, her findings came from real women and were thought by many to be much more valid than some of the surveys preceding them. The impact of Hite’s findings on our generation is far-reaching, and has changed the way we will continue to look at both male and female sexuality.
- Masters and Johnson – Criticisms: This article discusses criticisms by Hite of Masters and Johnson’s works, especially of their argument that women should be able to reach orgasm through intercourse alone.
- Sx Changes: The Evolution of Female Sexuality: This review of research on female sexuality offers a survey conducted among college students on views about female sexuality, and builds upon Hite’s findings, contrasting them with those of Kinsey and Masters and Johnson.
- Disorders of Desire: Sexuality and Gender in Modern American Sexology: This paper written by a Temple University researcher outlines the scientific research into sexuality conducted by pioneers such as Masters and Johnson, Kinsey and Hite.
- Fifty Years after Alfred Kinsey, What More Do We Know?: This article from 2007 shows how some of Kinsey’s work is flawed and discusses why Hite’s and other modern researchers’ works are more relevant today.
- The Age of Aquarius? The False Promise of the Sexual Revolution: This article provides a differing view against findings of sexual researchers such as Kinsey and Hite.
- To Our Readers: This editorial from 1994 outlines some of the sexual research done through the years by Kinsey and Hite.
- Sexual Researchers: This article outlines information and findings from sexual researchers Masters and Johnson, Kinsey and Hite.
- Body Politics: This site reproduces a lecture by Mary Sargent about female sexuality, and draws upon research by Hite.
- Thought, Word and Deed: This article discusses the myth of the female orgasm and other concerns about female sexuality and the women’s movement.
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