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Shere Hite

1942 - 2020

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Shere Hite ( shair HYTE; November 2, 1942 – September 9, 2020) was an American-born German sex educator and feminist. Her sexological work focused primarily on female sexuality. Hite built upon biological studies of sex by Masters and Johnson and by Alfred Kinsey and was the author of The Hite Report: A Nationwide Study on Female Sexuality. She also 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". Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shere Hite is the 3,691st most popular writer (up from 5,296th in 2019), the 5,334th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,687th in 2019) and the 418th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Shere Hite ranks 3,691 out of 7,302. Before her are Charles Fort, Yu Hua, Georgi Pulevski, Janet Asimov, Esteban Echeverría, and Jorge Ibargüengoitia. After her are Claude Favre de Vaugelas, Karel Kryl, Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, Ida Vitale, Srečko Kosovel, and Jeton Kelmendi.

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Among people born in 1942, Shere Hite ranks 331. Before her are Jon Finch, Fatma Girik, Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, John Shrapnel, Adolf Ogi, and Ian Dury. After her are Peter Norman, Bo Johansson, Arrigo Miglio, Dennis Meadows, Eduard Markarov, and Rita Tushingham. Among people deceased in 2020, Shere Hite ranks 315. Before her are Paula Kelly, Jon E. Ahlquist, Paul Goma, Mark Blum, Barry Hulshoff, and John Shrapnel. After her are János Göröcs, Henri Richard, Wolfgang Hofmann, Ivan Passer, Tony Allen, and Milka Babović.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Shere Hite ranks 5,334 out of 20,380. Before her are Berry Gordy (1929), Janet Asimov (1926), Zakk Wylde (1967), Playboi Carti (1996), Sally Kirkland (1941), and 6ix9ine (1996). After her are Gregory Hines (1946), Arsenio Hall (1956), Robert Anton Wilson (1932), Roseanne Barr (1952), Albert Ayler (1936), and Jim Courier (1970).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Shere Hite ranks 418. Before her are James A. Michener (1907), Rose Wilder Lane (1886), Octavia E. Butler (1947), Steve Berry (1955), Charles Fort (1874), and Janet Asimov (1926). After her are Norman Vincent Peale (1898), Francis Scott Key (1779), Kim Stanley Robinson (1952), Reginald Rose (1920), Peter Gould (1950), and Helen Churchill Candee (1858).

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