Photo: Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Shere Hite strikes me as one of those researchers brave enough to ask the questions everyone avoided. Born in Missouri in 1942 and Columbia-educated, she built on Kinsey and Masters and Johnson but centered something they often sidelined: women's own voices about their sexuality. The Hite Report made her famous and a lightning rod for criticism, yet what endures is her insistence on listening to thousands of real women. Her later move to Germany reads to me as a person guarding her convictions. I respect how she turned silence into data, and data into a lasting conversation.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Shere Hite
- Name (Japanese)
- シェア・ハイト
- Reading
- しぇあ・はいと
- Born
- November 2, 1942 – September 9, 2020
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Horse
- Origin
- St. Joseph, Missouri, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- novelist / sexologist / women's rights activist / historian / essayist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Seabreeze High School
- University
- Columbia University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Rapport Hite | — |
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://www.hiteresearchfoundation.org
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shere%20Hite
Frequently asked questions
When was Shere Hite born?
November 2, 1942 – September 9, 2020.
Where is Shere Hite from?
Shere Hite is from St. Joseph, Missouri, United States.
What does Shere Hite do?
Shere Hite works as novelist, sexologist, women's rights activist, historian, essayist.
What is Shere Hite known for?
Notable works include Rapport Hite.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-21
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.