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Twenty-three years later, in 1976, sexologist Shere Hite published a report on the sexual encounters of 3, 019 women who had responded to questionnaires, under the title The Hite Report.

Hite's questions differed from Kinsey's, focusing more on how women identified, or what they preferred rather than experience.

Respondents to Hite's questions indicated that 8 % preferred sex with women and 9 % answered that they identified as bisexual or had sexual experiences with men and women, though they refused to indicate preference.

Hite's conclusions are more based on respondents ' comments than quantifiable data.

She found it " striking " that many women who had no lesbian experiences indicated they were interested in sex with women, particularly because the question was not asked.

Hite found the two most significant differences between respondents ' experience with men and women were the focus on clitoral stimulation, and more emotional involvement and orgasmic responses.

Since Hite performed her study during the popularity of feminism in the 1970s, she also acknowledged that women may have chosen the political identity of a lesbian.