Hite Report on Male Sexuality

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Author: Shere Hite

ISBN-10: 0345352483

ISBN-13: 9780345352484

Category: Social & Cultural History

"A riveting document!"\ NEWSWEEK Over 7,000 men, ages thirteen to ninety-seven, speak out about: What they think of women—as wives, lovers, and friends; why a majority of men like marriage but are not faithful; what they think about love—and why they often distrust it; how they feel about giving women clitoral stimulation; why they often masturbate even with a regular sex life...and more.

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"A riveting document!"NEWSWEEK Over 7,000 men, ages thirteen to ninety-seven, speak out about: What they think of women—as wives, lovers, and friends; why a majority of men like marriage but are not faithful; what they think about love—and why they often distrust it; how they feel about giving women clitoral stimulation; why they often masturbate even with a regular sex life...and more.

PrefacexiiiPopulation Statistics and MethodologyxviiAcknowledgmentsxxiii1Being Male1Relationships Between Boys and Their Fathers5Friendships Between Men14Physical affection between male friends28Sex and Physical Intimacy Between Boys36Conclusion: What Is It Like To Be a Man Today?46Growing up male46Do men believe it is unmasculine to express feelings?59How do men define masculinity?66What Does It Mean to Be a Man?842Relationships with Women87How Important Are Relationships with Women to Men?89Which do men value most-their friendships with men, or their love relationships with women?89Is talking intimately and expressing feelings an important part of those relationships?96How Do Men See Women?103Can men and women be friends?103What things about women do men admire?106Boys' relationships with their mothers118Love128Falling in love128Do men like being in love?132How do men define love?135Love stories142Are Men Monogamous in Marriage?150Most men had sex outside their marriages150How did men feel about having secret sex outside of marriage?159What was the effect of outside sex on the marriage?165How did men feel about their lovers?174What reasons did most men give for having outside sex?184How did men feel about their wives having extramarital affairs?197"Open marriage"199Men who are monogamous210Why Do Men Get Married, and Why Do They Like Being Married?216Most men say they like marriage217"Why did you get married originally?"227Reasons men don't like marriage: men's anger at women230Portraits of Marriages232Separated and Divorced Men244Single Men (Never-Married)258Living Together270Men's Anger at Women278Men's perception of women as weak280Men's anger about women and money283Are Things Changing? Do Men Want to Redefine Their Relationships with Women?303What do men think of women's liberation?304Conclusion: Toward a New Understanding of Male/Female Relationships3293Intercourse and the Definition of Male Sexuality333Why Do Men Like and Want Intercourse?336IPhysical pleasure336IIEmotional and psychological reasons339IIIIdeological and cultural reasons346Pressure on Men to Have Frequent Intercourse and Prove Their Sexuality354How often do most men have intercourse? How often "should" a man have intercourse?354Pressure on boys to have first intercourse362Men's feelings about penis size366Are men in favor of the "sexual revolution"?371Do men like casual sex?379Men's feelings about birth control and abortion383What Don't Men Like About Intercourse? Pressures on Men During Intercourse396Pressure to have an erection ("impotence")398Pressure not to orgasm "too soon" ("premature ejaculation")411Pressure to "make her come"426Men's Orgasms During Intercourse437Does Defining Sex as Intercourse to Orgasm Inhibit Men's Sensuality?451Most men still define sex as intercourse (and think of intercourse as the highest expression of "male sexuality")451Do men feel free during sex NOT to have intercourse?456Would men like to diversify their sexuality beyond intercourse?461Do men always want orgasm during intercourse or do they sometimes just want the pleasure of intercourse?468Dry orgasms which do not end intercourse or sexual arousal470Conclusion476What is "male sexuality"?476Domination-Submission794Men's Desire to Be Taken7947Sex and Love Between Men805Attitudes Toward Homosexuality808Sex Between Men822Love, Relationships, and Monogamy Between Men833Three gay men describe their lives842Men Who Have Sex with Both Women and Men8578The Sexuality of Older Men865How does men's sexuality change with each decade?868Conclusion9169Nine Men Speak About Their Lives919Appendixes993Questionnaire for Men (IV) 1979-81995Questionnaire for Women 1982-841009Index1023