The Book that Taught the World to Orgasm and then Disappeared, 9781761170898
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Feminist icon’s sex revolution: then and now.
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The Book that Taught the World to Orgasm and then Disappeared

Shere Hite and The Hite Report

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    256 pages

  • Release Date

    1 May 2026

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Summary

Meet Shere Hite – the feminist hero whose notorious work revolutionized how we think about sex, marriage, and the female orgasm…

Despite being one of the leading thinkers of the second wave feminist movement, today Shere Hite is little known, little written about, and, unsurprisingly, little read. Her groundbreaking book, The Hite Report, was the first feminist exploration of the link between sex and male power. It sold millions of copies when first published…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781761170898
ISBN-10:1761170899
Author:Rosa Campbell
Publisher:NewSouth Publishing
Imprint:NewSouth Publishing
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:1 May 2026
Weight:0g
Dimensions:210mm x 135mm
About The Author

Rosa Campbell

Rosa Campbell is a historian of global feminism. Originally from Sydney, she is a Leverhulme postdoctoral fellow at King’s College London and has a PhD in history from the University of Cambridge.

Rosa’s research has been published in leading academic journals, but she often writes for a public audience and works with museums and galleries. Her work has appeared in Literary Hub, The White Review, The Independent, Public Books and Meanjin, among others. She was the recipient of an Edna Ryan award, awarded by the Australian Women’s Electoral Lobby, for making a feminist difference to the lives of Australian women.

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