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EXPLAINED: Shere hite - The Real Truth

Frustration in hetero relationships has a long history — that’s why today’s crisis looks so familiar

“Many women tell me they want to have a man in their life, but they are no longer willing to be the only person giving in the relationship. They don’t want to be with a man who needs to be taken care of. In that case, it’s easier and more…

The Conversation

Mommy dearest? Molly Jong-Fast’s blistering memoir of her ‘always performing’ mother Erica is hilarious and moving

My first boyfriend told me with some pride that he’d read Erica Jong’s Fear of Flying (1973), and Shere Hite’s The Hite Report (1976). Though they had been selling in the millions, I hadn’t yet read either, and was keen to find out what he had learned.

The Conversation

‘Orgasms are a marvellous happiness’. Shere Hite gave voice to female sexuality in a landmark book – but the backlash was fierce

In our feminist classics series we revisit influential works.

The Conversation

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First Thing: Trump-Biden rematch increasingly inevitable after New Hampshire primary

Trump edges closer to Republican nomination, but Haley says ‘this race is far from over’. Plus, nuclear power output expected to break records in 2025

The Guardian - UK

My life with Shere Hite: the forgotten feminist who changed sex for ever

When her books about women, men and the clitoris caused outrage, the bestselling writer was forced to flee the US. She ended up in my small ex-council flat in London – her head still full of revolution

The Guardian - UK

Post Office regulators failed the subpostmasters in the Horizon scandal

The government seems to have an aversion to watchdogs that are effective

The Guardian - UK

The Disappearance of Shere Hite review – heartfelt hymn to the forgotten feminist

This fascinating documentary serves as a reminder of the courage of the pilloried author of The Hite Report

The Guardian - UK

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Women’s sex lives were a mystery to men. Then along came Shere Hite

A new documentary celebrates the life of the feminist pioneer who shocked the world – and about time too

The Guardian - UK

Shere Hite revolutionalised female pleasure – so why did the world forget about her?

With her pioneering 1976 bestseller ‘The Hite Report’, a beautiful academic with a taste for glamour became one of the biggest names in sex and celebrity. A new documentary explores what happened next, from the scandal that dogged her to her eventual disappearance. Charlotte O’Sullivan meets its director

The Independent UK

The Disappearance of Shere Hite review – fascinating portrait of the woman who lifted the lid on sex

Shere Hite was a trailblazing sex educator who was pilloried for her work in the 1970s. This vivid documentary gives her the recognition she deserves

The Guardian - UK

Shere Hite: remembering the feminist sex researcher forgotten by time

A new documentary examines the work of bestselling author Shere Hite and her absence from the feminist canon

The Guardian - US

Remember Shere Hite? A new documentary jogs our cultural memory of the pioneering sex researcher

The 1976 book “The Hite Report” was a bestseller from the beginning

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