The moment The Hite Report landed on my desk, hot from the U.S., where it was already garnering controversy, a small gang of Cosmo staffers gathered round. 'There was a lot of silence,' Hite (pictured above) told an interviewer in 2006 and that was when the idea for The Hite Report first began for her. Because despite the advent of the Swinging Sixties, there was still a great deal of taboo surrounding the topic of women's sexuality. 'There was a lot of silence,' Hite told an interviewer in 2006 and that was when the idea for The Hite Report first began for her. It is our loss that Shere Hite is no longer here to make that happen.

Source: Daily Mail September 10, 2020 21:10 UTC