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Hite report Survey on 2012

Please answer the following questions at your conveninence in an enviroment free of distractions private. All answers will be treated in anonymity. The results will be published as part of a larger research project, as in the previous HITE REPORT, or as The Hite Report 2012. NOTE: All fields are required except "Ethnic Background"
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Please state your age:
Please state your country of origin.
Please state your ethnic background (optional).
Are you in a relationship?	Yes No
Do you think sexual equality is important?	Yes No
Do you have sexual equality in your relationship?	Yes No
Please explain why or why not?.
Do you ever feel pressured to reach orgasm during intercourse? Otherwise you are not a real woman or a normal woman? When?	Yes No
Otherwise you feel you are not a real woman or a normal woman? When?	Yes No
When?
Are you happy in your relationship? what would make you happier?	Yes No
what would make you happier?
What is sex usually like?
Are you usually offered clitoral stimulation to orgasm, or are you offered only intercourse?
Does Sexual Violence occur in your relationship?	Yes No
Please explain.
Have you perceived it as dangerous? As a prelude to violence?	Yes No
Please explain Why or why not?
Do you usually have orgasms during intercourse?	Sometimes Always Rarely Never
How? What kind?
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1. Is having orgasm important to you?	Yes No
Would you enjoy sex just as much without having orgasm?	Yes No
Is having sex important to you?	Yes No
Why?
2. Please describe what an orgasm feels like to you, if you have them.
3. When do you usually have orgasm?	During masturbation? Other sexual activities? Clitoral stimulation?(cunnilingus by mouth or rubbing by hand?) During intercourse?
4. If other factors were right, what physical stimuli would lead you to have an orgasm most often?
6. Do you use the same manner of reaching orgasm during masturbation and intercourse [vaginal penetration]?	Yes No
Are your techniques the same for reaching orgasm during masturbation and intercourse/vaginal penetration?	Yes No
7. Please give a graphic description of how your body could best be stimulated to orgasm.
8. Do you usually have orgasm during intercourse or masturbation?	Sometimes Always Rarely Never
9. What positions are best for having orgasm during intercourse?	On the top On the bottom Sideways Backwards
10. Do penis size and shape make a difference to you?	Yes No
What size and shape do you like?	Fat Long Giant Small
11. Describe which kinds of intercourse or vaginal penetration are good for you or back OR neither.	Soft Hard Complete penetration Partial penetration pressure to the front pressure to the back Neither
12. Where (at which physical location) do you feel the orgasm when you have it during intercourse?
13. Is it easier for you to reach orgasm when intercourse is not in progress?	Yes No
Does it feel different?	Yes No
In other words, do you reach orgasm more easily by more direct stimulation of your clitoris such as in masturbation?	Yes No
14. Are the orgasms you have with masturbation different from the orgasms you have during intercourse?	Yes No
How?
Which is stronger, 'better'?	Masturbation Intercourse
15. What positions are best for having an orgasm during clitoral stimulation?	Legs need to be together Legs need to be apart
16. Do you like soft, medium or hard massage of your clitoral area?	soft medium hard
Do you prefer rhythmic movements or circular rubbing? Is your leg position varied or constant?	rhythmic movements circular rubbing
Is your leg position varied or constant?	varied constant
17. Please describe how you and your partner usually do clitoral stimulation to orgasm.
18. Do you have orgasms during oral sex/cunnilingus?	Sometimes Always Rarely Never
19. Do you use a vibrator to have orgasms – during lovemaking with your partner?	during lovemaking with your partner During masturbation?
What type of vibrator is it?
On which body part do you use it – the clitoral area or vagina?	Clitoral area Vagina
20. What physical preliminaries or 'foreplay' are important to you?
21. Do you like intercourse?	Yes No
Do you ever have any physical discomfort?	Yes No
22. Do you feel free to do all the things you would like during sex	Yes No
Or would the other person be shocked?	Yes No
23. Do you enjoy masturbation?	Yes No
Is it more intense with/without a partner, when you are alone?	With a partner Without a partner
24. How do you masturbate? Please give a detailed description – for example, do you touch yourself with your hand or fingers, or a vibrator? Which kind of motion do you use – massaging in circles, or up and down or patting? Are your legs together or apart? Etc.
25. What is the sequence of events when you masturbate – for example, do you set the stage or make yourself look nice, then lie down and go at it?
26. Do you enjoy rectal contact? Penetration? How often do you do this? How often are you requested to do this?
27. What other sexual activities cause you to have orgasm ?
28. Is the time of the month important to how excited you are? Do you have intercourse during your period?
29. What do you think about during sex? Do you fantasize – what about?
30. Are sounds and words important to you? What sex words, phrases and sounds stimulate you? Which do you dislike?
31. Does pornography stimulate you? Which kinds, what actions?
32. What do you think of sado-masochism [domination-submission]?
33. What would you like to try that you never have?
What would you like to do more often?
How would you like to see the usual bedroom scene changed?
34. What were your best sex experiences?
35. How important are orgasms to you? Is it more fun getting there or having them? Do they ever bore you?
36. Do you think you look ugly or beautiful when you are having orgasm?
37. How often do you desire sex? Do you actively seek it?
38. Is one orgasm sexually satisfying during intercourse or masturbation? How many would you like?
39. Do you go for long periods without sex?	Yes No
Does it bother you?	Yes No
Do you feel you are missing something when you are not with a partner?	Yes No
40. If you almost never or never have orgasms, what factors would contribute to your having them?
41. Do you prefer sex with men, women, either or yourself?	With Men With Women Either Yourself
42. Do you think most men are uninformed about your body?	Yes No
What about Women?	Yes No
43. Do you like sex toys during lovemaking, or masturbation?	Yes No
44. Do you ever fake orgasms – how often? Why?
45. Do you feel you must have a climax, to 'perform' for your partner? Otherwise you are 'not normal' or not a 'real woman'? Do you feel like you should have an orgasm because it will be good for you, or because it will be a 'fun experience'?
46. Is having an orgasm somewhat of a concentrated effort?
47. Are you shy about having an orgasm with a partner? With a new partner? Why do you think this is?
48. Do you feel embarrassed asking for clitoral stimulation to orgasm, if your partner is not offering it? Do you think your partner is sacrificing to give you this?
49. What is it about sex that gives you the most pleasure?
50. Do you feel most men get more pleasure from intercourse than from sexual play?	Yes No
Do you feel guilty taking time for yourself in sexual play which may not be stimulating for your partner?	Yes No
51. Does your partner realize you reach orgasm when you do? During clitoral stimulation or sexual play? During intercourse? Do you show any particular signs? What are they? How do you look when you come?
52. Describe how most men have had sex with you – if there are any standard practices, etc.
53. Please describe how most women have had sex with you.
54. Do your partners masturbate you – to orgasm? Without being asked? Do they offer cunnilingus to orgasm? Without being asked?
55. Is there anything, any sexual practice, which you would like to share with other women? Recommend to them?
56. Do you ever find it necessary to masturbate to orgasm after 'making love'?	Yes No
57. Which would cause you to become more excited – physical teasing or direct genital manipulation? Psychological teasing? How would you like to be teased?
58. Would you free-associate sex with getting pregnant and childbearing, with pleasure, love, or going to the bathroom? Other?
59. Have your opinions about this changed over time? Have your body's responses and have your interests changed over time? How much time?
60. Is having sex in any way political?	Yes No
61. Have you read Masters and Johnson's or Sherfey's work, or articles discussing their work? Have you been influenced by them? Kinsey? Other writers?
62. What things were not covered in this questionnaire that you would like to say?
63. How did you like this questionnaire?
Thank you for filling the questionnaire.

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