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The Disappearance of Shere Hite

So she came up with this idea of making an anonymousquestionnaire

So she came up with this idea of making an anonymous
questionnaire

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So she came up with this idea
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of making an anonymous questionnaire.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:26:41
Uploaded
Apr 12, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
NBC News Studios,TeaTime Pictures,Industrial Media,This Machine Filmworks

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Shere Hite's bestselling book The Hite Report liberated female orgasm by revealing the most private experiences of thousands of anonymous surveys. Her findings rocked the American establishment and conversations about gender and s...
{\an8}I wanted women to send them back to me anonymously. - The Disappearance of Shere Hite 00:06
{\an8}I wanted women to send them back to me anonymously.
And since I had been in graduate school, - The Disappearance of Shere Hite 00:07
And since I had been in graduate school,
Shere would have a big cardboard box of surveys, - The Disappearance of Shere Hite 00:09
Shere would have a big cardboard box of surveys,
She'd put on her helmet and hop on. - The Disappearance of Shere Hite 00:05
She'd put on her helmet and hop on.
Zoom across town to some place - The Disappearance of Shere Hite 00:07
Zoom across town to some place
Not just uptown or downtown, all over the place. - The Disappearance of Shere Hite 00:07
Not just uptown or downtown, all over the place.
Up in the Bronx, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Chinatown. - The Disappearance of Shere Hite 00:08
Up in the Bronx, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Chinatown.
Then I began distributing questionnaires - The Disappearance of Shere Hite 00:11
Then I began distributing questionnaires
I sent out questionnaires in batches. - The Disappearance of Shere Hite 00:05
I sent out questionnaires in batches.
I advertised the questionnaires in magazines. - The Disappearance of Shere Hite 00:05
I advertised the questionnaires in magazines.
{\an8}I was the editor of a magazine called Sexology. - The Disappearance of Shere Hite 00:13
{\an8}I was the editor of a magazine called Sexology.
And I received a letter one day, - The Disappearance of Shere Hite 00:07
And I received a letter one day,
Most letters that I would get would be typewritten, - The Disappearance of Shere Hite 00:12
Most letters that I would get would be typewritten,
{\an8}"Dear Mr. Sage, - The Disappearance of Shere Hite 00:08
{\an8}"Dear Mr. Sage,
{\an8}Sincerely, Shere Hite." - The Disappearance of Shere Hite 00:08
{\an8}Sincerely, Shere Hite."
We arranged to have lunch, and this woman walks in - The Disappearance of Shere Hite 00:11
We arranged to have lunch, and this woman walks in
There was a kind of warmth that was beginning - The Disappearance of Shere Hite 00:06
There was a kind of warmth that was beginning
You know, I didn't really know how to deal with it - The Disappearance of Shere Hite 00:07
You know, I didn't really know how to deal with it
I had to call my office and explain - The Disappearance of Shere Hite 00:06
I had to call my office and explain
And, all of a sudden, somebody crawled into the phone booth - The Disappearance of Shere Hite 00:06
And, all of a sudden, somebody crawled into the phone booth