The Hite Report on Male Sexuality [Mass Market Paperback]

Shere Hite (Author)

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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.

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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: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #231,028 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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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

This review is from: The Hite Report on Male Sexuality (Mass Market Paperback)

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.

4 of 4 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

This review is from: The Hite Report on Male Sexuality (Mass Market Paperback)

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.

14 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Outdated and statistically inaccurate, November 18, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Hite Report on Male Sexuality (Mass Market Paperback)

When this book was at first published, it was revolutionary. Following the female version, it showed men's oppinions about sexuality in a way that had never been discussed before. For people living in the nineties, just a small portion of the book remains interesting. Besides its obsolence, The Hite Report on Male Sexuality is statistically inaccurate, for it was proved that the choice of those 7000 men had a flawed criteria. The author based the research upon forms published in magazines she received. The result is that there's an abnormal concentration of men with sexual problems, causing a distortion in the result. Its historical importance, nevertheless, still remains, and that should be one's only reason to buy it.