My life with Shere Hite: the forgotten feminist who changed sex for ever
The Disappearance of Shere Hite review – heartfelt hymn to the forgotten feminist
Women’s sex lives were a mystery to men. Then along came Shere Hite
Yvonne Roberts
The Disappearance of Shere Hite review – fascinating portrait of the woman who lifted the lid on sex
January 2023
First look review
The Disappearance of Shere Hite review – persuasive portrait of a feminist trailblazer
A new documentary makes the case for renewed recognition for the author of the groundbreaking 1976 report on female sexuality.
September 2020
'She began the real sexual revolution for women': Shere Hite dies aged 77
Reviled by Playboy, her 1976 study of 3,500 women challenged male assumptions about sex
June 2016
Peter Owen obituary
Publisher whose list of writers included 10 Nobel prizewinners
March 2014
Fatal Attraction writer: why my stage version has a different ending
It was the film that shook the 80s. Fatal Attraction's writer James Dearden relives the controversy it caused – and explains why his new version is fairer to the bunny-boiler
July 2013
Do It 20 13 – review
Hans-Ulrich Obrist's 'never-ending' show of conceptual art inspires fresh fun and ingenuity around the festival, writes Tim Adams
September 2012
Unmastered: A Book on Desire, Most Difficult to Tell by Katherine Angel – review
Katherine Angel puts her own sex life on the page in this fragmentary, giddily joyful study of female desire, writes Olivia Laing
May 2011
Shere Hite: 'We need to make a film about me'
The feminist sex researcher ruffled feathers with her report on female sexuality in the 70s and controversy still follows her. How does she handle the backlash?
March 2011
Top 100 women: writing and academia
Shere Hite
Feminist sex researcher who debunked the myth that most women were able to have orgasms through intercourse alone
April 2006
Let's talk about sex
It's 30 years since she first alerted men and women to their problem with sex but, says Shere Hite, we're still not doing it right. Will she ever tire of investigating the female orgasm? She talks to Catherine Bennett.
December 2005
Out of touch
Shere Hite's survey of male sexuality, Oedipus Revisited, has nothing new to add to her insights of 30 years ago, says Blake Morrison.
April 2000
Welcome to the pleasure dame
Notorious for her work on the private lives of others, Shere Hite turns the spotlight on herself
March 2000
Love and hate
In 1976, Shere Hite's report on female sexuality made her a household name - and a sitting target. Now she is hitting back.
