Shere Hite (1942–2020)

Shere Hite was born in Saint Joseph, Missouri on November 2, 1942. She was an American-born German sex educator, researcher, and a feminist. She was a graduate of the University of Florida with a master's degree in history. Her work has focused primarily on female sexuality. She is best known for mostrar más her book The Hite Report: A Nationwide Study of Female Sexuality, published in 1976. It challenged the sexual status quo and defied male dominance. She renounced her U. S. citizenship in 1995 as a result of being highly criticized personally and for her work. She lived in Europe and eventually settled in north London. Her books include Sexual Honesty, by Women, For Women (1974); The Hite Report on Female Sexuality (1976, 2004); The Hite Report on Male Sexuality (1981); Women and Love: A Cultural Revolution in Progress (The Hite Report on Love, Passion, and Emotional Violence) (1987); Fliegen mit Jupiter (English: Flying with Jupiter) (1993); The Hite Report on the Family: Growing Up Under Patriarchy (1994); The Hite Report on Shere Hite: Voice of a Daughter in Exile (2000) (autobiography); The Shere Hite Reader: New and Selected Writings on Sex, Globalization and Private Life (2006). Shere Hite died on September 9, 2020 at the age of 77 in Tottenham, London, England. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos