"In 1976 a glamorous, softly spoken 34-year-old woman set off a bomb beneath a century’s worth of academic orthodoxy. The Hite Report, a 633-page compendium of interviews with more than 3,000 women that detailed their sexual experiences, dissatisfactions and fantasies, went on to sell nearly 50 million copies and made its author, Shere Hite, who died last week aged 77, an international celebrity.
It caught my attention, it was an article by Lisa Hilton in Sunday's Times (you wont be able to read full article) and apart from marking the passing of a controversial woman who rightly altered the (male) perceptions of sex for women, replacing them with truths and paving the way for better sex for millions of women globally."For many western women the sexual revolution did not begin in the 1960s, but a decade later, when Hite’s work discredited the vaginal orgasm as the “healthy” goal of female sexuality once and for all. The revelations that 70% of women do not experience vaginal orgasm, that orgasm during heterosexual intercourse is not particularly common and that most women climax more easily through clitoral stimulation."
It's well written, it makes clear that the penis is not in the pole position most men at that time thought it was (and some probably still do) and that women deserve and expect a more rewarding range of stimulation and if they don't get they are prepared to take matters into their own hands (With more than 10,000 models of vibrator available from Amazon alone, according to the report).
The funny, or strange, thing is that the majority of porn sites still portray women offering themselves up to men, providing a sheath for the male to ejaculate into in spite of the knowledge, research and polls which we now have. Who'd be surprised to find the majority of those sites are designed by males:). I have to say I often find porny stuff when I'm searching for 'in with the new' and I often come acoss sites which show women as having the upper hand and being 'serviced', shall we say, not by penis but by other means and apart from often being better done, they are frankly appealing. Not enough of them to even things up but Rome wasn't built in a day. Here's to Shere Hite, who died last week aged 77.
Hope you have a good week.
Ronnie
xx
9 comments:
Hi Ronnie,
Very interesting, I hadn't heard of Shere Hite or her report. Good on her for changing old fashioned notions about womens sexuality.
Hugs
Roz
These finding certainly ring true for me.
I'll second that. Hooray for the woman who brought clitori out of the closet.
Hugs,
Hermione
I agree with all you (and Shere Hite) wrote. One should also consider the prime imperative for all species is to reproduce. It happens that PIV is ideal for reproduction. So men have to learn not to always be controlled by their innate dictates.
It's helpful for women to say Hey Bozo, do it like....
I actually remember when this report came out; unfortunately< i think a LOT of people still don't have any real understanding of a woman's body -including many women themselves, which is really sad.
I remember all this - it was a revelation and taught me a few lessons.
Thanks for sharing
Interesting to read. Thanks for posting. Ignorance was the norm when I grew up, and I imagine it was for women also. Fortunately the Internet has permitted people to expand their horizons, and talk about sexuality. Cindy and I have both learned how to please each other, and the clitoris is the go to method for her (and I love it)
Having your partner orgasm is wonderful!
bottoms up
Red
Roz - It was a revolution and helped a lot of women.
PK - For a lot of women. Thanks.
Hermione - Hoora indeed. Thanks.
OBB - Even now women wont ask for what they want in the bedroom. Thanks.
Selkie - Hello. Good to see you. I totally agree, many a women don't know their won body. Thanks.
SG - It was for the time. Thanks.
Red - Still some women can't open up to their man want thye want in the bedroom and same for some men. Thanks.
Love,
Ronnie
xx
I hadn't heard that she passed last week. I remember when that report was released. She was right, and she's still right. Thank you, Shere, and RIP.
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