The Hite Report on Male Sexuality (Mass Market Paperback)

by Shere Hite (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
"A riveting document!"
NEWSWEEK
Over 7,000 men, ages thirteen to ninety-seven, speak out about: What they think of women--as wives, lovers, and friends; why a majority of men like marriage but are not faithful; what they think about love--and why they often distrust it; how they feel about giving women clitoral stimulation; why they often masturbate even with a regular sex life...and more.


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"A riveting document!"
NEWSWEEK
Over 7,000 men, ages thirteen to ninety-seven, speak out about: What they think of women--as wives, lovers, and friends; why a majority of men like marriage but are not faithful; what they think about love--and why they often distrust it; how they feel about giving women clitoral stimulation; why they often masturbate even with a regular sex life...and more.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 1088 pages
• Publisher: Ballantine Books (July 12, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345352483
• ISBN-13: 978-0345352484
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #250,206 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Read "sex in America" instead, February 12, 2004

By A Customer

The data in this book is deeply flawed. Reading this book will give you an inaccurate picture of what american sexuality is like. The data is responses from a survey in Redbook Magazine. The data is not timeless, nor is it correct. For full details, read "Sex in America", a fully designed and cross checked survey - and look at the differences in the numbers. Make up your own mind.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, December 19, 2005

By	Woodland Poppy (New England, USA) - See all my reviews

It does not matter if this book is statistically flawed or not. The merit in this book is the candid and revealing responses men made regarding everything that they think and feel about sex, sexual acts, women, women's bodies, their own bodies, their sexuality, etc. Reading it at a young age made me a more understanding, communicative, patient and confident lover. As much as sexuality pervades our culture, there is not a lot of honesty around sex. This book is very honest. I cannot vouch for levels of statistical significance, but I can tell you this was a very important book in my understanding of the male and sexual universe, and statistics had nothing to do with that. Moms: buy it for your 16+ daughter.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Timeless data, April 16, 2002

By	Mories Beljaars (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) - See all my reviews

Whether the study was accurate enough or not, a lot of data in this book is still valuable. A great amount of men spoke out to a woman who knows how to interpret and how to write. Certainly during the time she wrote it, people were more loyal to any kind of study than nowadays, so you can't just say this book is only a nice thing to have on your shelves (referring to the review of the anonymous man from Argentina here below). It is not fair to state things are inaccurate and proven without mentioning the full (traceable) resources. In the book you can also see she has had many interviews with a lot of men. I still think Shere Hite has managed to collect valuable, timeless data.