1. Shere Hite referenced theoretical, political and psychological works associated with the feminist movement of the 1970s, such as Anne Koedt's essay "The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm".
17 Facts About Shere Hite
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Shere Hite renounced her United States citizenship in 1995 to become German.
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Shere Hite graduated from Seabreeze High School in Daytona Beach, Florida.
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Shere Hite said that the reason for her not completing this degree was the conservative nature of Columbia at that time.
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Shere Hite posed in the nude for Playboy magazine while studying at Columbia University.
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Eighteen months later she left the United States because of "vicious media attacks, doorstepping, public humiliation and death threats, all of which contributed to the loss of her American publishers and of her ability to make a living", despite The Shere Hite Report selling 50 million copies, estimated to be the 30th bestselling book of all time.
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Shere Hite tended to write all night and sleep all day.
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Shere Hite taught at Nihon University, Chongqing University in China, and Maimonides University in North Miami Beach, Florida.
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Shere Hite offered that limiting test subjects to "normal" women who report orgasming during coitus was basing research on the faulty assumption that having an orgasm during coitus was typical, something that her own research strongly refuted.
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Shere Hite has been praised for her theoretical fruitfulness in sociological research.
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The suggestion of bias in some of Shere Hite's studies is frequently used as a talking point in university courses where sampling methods are discussed, along with The Literary Digest poll of 1936.
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Shere Hite argues that several of the questions are leading the respondent to reply in a particular way.
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In 1985, Shere Hite married German concert pianist Friedrich Horicke, who was 19 years her junior.
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In 1995, Shere Hite renounced her US citizenship at the former Embassy of the United States in Bonn.
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Shere Hite accepted German nationality because she regarded German society as more tolerant and open-minded about her endeavors.
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In September 2020, Shere Hite died of corticobasal degeneration at the age of 77.
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The biographical documentary film The Disappearance of Shere Hite, directed by Nicole Newnham, had its premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, and was released in the US in November 2023.