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"In her preface #Hite argued that the canonical sexological works of the past 100 years – including the works of Sigmund #Freud, Alfred #Kinsey, and William #Masters and Virginia #Johnson – had constructed #femalesexuality “as essentially a response to male #sexuality and intercourse”. She set out to demonstrate that “female sexuality might have a complex nature of its own”.
Hite argued #sex was a #culturalinstitution, not a biological one. Historically, men had defined sex in terms of their own needs and preferences, then mandated their preferences as biological."
The Conversation‘Orgasms are a marvellous happiness’. Shere Hite gave voice to female sexuality in a landmark book – but the backlash was fierceFirst published in 1976, The Hite Report has sold more than 50 million copies. The book is an extraordinarily rich artefact in the archive of human intimacy.