SHERE HITE: THE WOMAN WHO CHANGED THE NARRATIVE ON THE FEMALE ORGASM IN THE 1970S
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In 1976, a Playboy model turned feminist sex-researcher called Shere Hite did hundreds of television and radio appearances promoting her book, The Hite Report: A Nationwide Study of Female Sexuality. She went on Good Night America dressed in a high-necked Victorian white silk blouse, huge faux-pearl earrings and matching necklace, her face framed by a cloud of apricot curls.
According to Arts + Culture – The Conversatio, In 1976, a Playboy model turned feminist sex-researcher called Shere Hite did hundreds of television and radio appearances promoting her book, The Hite Report: A Nationwide Study of Female Sexuality.
The available RSS description adds: She went on Good Night America dressed in a high-necked Victorian white silk blouse, huge faux-pearl earrings and matching necklace, her face framed by a cloud of apricot curls.
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- Arts + Culture – The Conversatio: In 1976, a Playboy model turned feminist sex-researcher called Shere Hite did hundreds of television and radio appearances promoting her book, The Hite Report: A Nationwide Study of Female Sexuality.
- Arts + Culture – The Conversatio: She went on Good Night America dressed in a high-necked Victorian white silk blouse, huge faux-pearl earrings and matching necklace, her face framed by a cloud of apricot curls.
- Arts + Culture – The Conversatio: The host, Geraldo Rivera, grinning under his 1970s handlebar moustache, asked her to summarise her book’s findings.
- Arts + Culture – The Conversatio: “Don’t get hung up, turned off or turned on by the explicit language,” he warned the audience.
- Arts + Culture – The Conversatio: Hite outlined the great provocation of the work: “Intercourse doesn’t lead to orgasm for most women.” Using a survey methodology, Hite found women required clitoral stimulation to orgasm.
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