In the 90s of the last century, there was a female author whose book set a sales volume of nearly 40 million, and this female author was Cher Heidi.
Her life was full of controversy, simply because she exposed the sexuality between the sexes.
Her views and conclusions angered the United States at that time, and she was attacked en masse, and almost no one in the big American publishing houses was willing to publish her book, and her own life was disturbed by many parties.
In desperation, she chose to become a German citizen and spent the last years of her life in Europe.
In order to defend herself and restore the truth of the matter, Cher Heidi wrote "The Heidi Report: Heidi Chapter".
This book has an autobiographical flavor to it and gives you a chance to get to know the real Cher Heidi.
01 CherHeidi's family of origin
Cher Heidi was born in 1942 into a middle-class family in Missouri, USA.
Her mother was a woman who grew up in the sexually liberated generation, so she gave birth to Heidi at the age of 16, and her biological father is unknown.
Heidi doesn't feel much maternal love, because her mother is always busy with her own life.
Heidi used to go to the pool with her mother when she was 5 years old, and the young mother was busy flirting with men and enjoying the men's flattery, completely unaware that the young Heidi had drowned in the pool.
Fortunately, the lifeguards at the time noticed Heidi's abnormality and rescued her, but she did not tell her grandparents about it, and she did not hate her mother.
Heidi doesn't know who her biological father is, and her maternal grandfather played the role of father when she was growing up.
My grandfather was very fond of Heidi and was the most important person in her upbringing.
Heidi's maternal grandmother was a real caregiver of Heidi growing up and the person she spent time with.
She recalls that her grandmother was sometimes grumpy, but she was a devout **Catholic.
Heidi recalls her upbringing, which was made up of her grandfather, grandmother and mother.
When Heidi was 14 years old, she moved to her mother's sister's home and lived with her aunt and uncle.
Heidi, who was admitted to Columbia University, thought she would have a good future, but she encountered academic discrimination.
02 Cher Heidi's youth life
Heidi went on to study history and American history at the University of Florida, and later to pursue a Ph.D. in the history of Western ideas at Columbia University.
When she entered Columbia University, she was drawn to Jacques Bazourn's project "The History of Ideas – From 1789 to the Present" and joined the project.
When she handed her written ** to Professor Bazoun, she was told that it could not have been written by her.
Professor Bazouen questioned Heidi's academic competence because she was a woman.
Heidi later learned that Columbia was the last university in the United States to hire a female professor.
After 2 years, Heidi couldn't stand the academic discrimination and suffocation, and she dropped out of school.
Before entering college, Heidi's tuition fees were borne by her maternal grandfather.
When she arrives at college, her grandfather can't afford her tuition, and she is laughed at by her aunt and uncle's family for her poverty, so Heidi decides to find a job to support her studies.
Heidi's appearance is that of a typical white blonde beauty, tall and sultry.
The superior appearance conditions allowed her to quickly find a job as a model, and soon became a well-known model, and successfully signed a contract with the "** magazine" company.
In the years of being a model, some photographers often used obscene words to tease the model in order to achieve the shooting effect.
Heidi sounds harsh, but because of the workplace environment, she can't help it.
Just as she sees the models scratching their heads in front of the camera, Heidi wonders in her heart, are these models willing, is it from her heart?
Paying attention to women's feelings and promoting an active feminist movement is Heidi's life's work.
03 Cher Heidi's fame
Although Cher Heidi has been committed to the feminist movement, she has found that women's sexuality has always been a research gap.
At that time, many people believed Freud's point of view: normal women should obtain *** through copulation, that is, **pleasure, not **pleasure.
Heidi felt that this view was wrong, and she was determined to use her research to break the false obsessions about female sexuality.
From 1972 onwards, Heidi spent four years distributing thousands of test papers, working more than 12 hours a day, seven days a week, and finally published Heidi's Sexology Report: Women in 1976.
The book caused an immediate uproar when it was published, and its sales soon set a record for the publisher's sales.
In today's parlance, Cher Heidi is on fire.
Heidi didn't stop at fame, and soon she published "Heidi Sex Report: Men" and "Heidi Sex Report: Love".
Although each book sold well, Heidi herself was also pushed to the forefront of the sealing wave.
The controversy surrounding her, questioning her voice, denigrating her research conclusions, and even threatening her personal safety.
Heidi has a lot of friends to help her, and her husband who loves her dearly to support her.
In the end, Heidi chose to self-exile and was "expelled" from the United States by the United States.
Heidi left the United States and left her homeland.
But Heidi did not express hatred for her homeland, and she remained grateful for the American liberal spirit and the artistic atmosphere that allowed her to grow up in such an atmosphere.
Heidi died in London at the age of 78.
Heidi's life was indeed wonderful enough, from model to sexologist, from best-selling author to writer rejected by all American publishing houses.
She is known for her research, and she has been criticized for her research, but she has always believed that the subject should not maintain stereotypes, but should respect real feelings.
The problem always has to be exposed, and she is worthy of admiration for being the first person to dare to eat crabs.
If you want to learn more about Cher Heidi, try The Heidi Report: Heidi Chapter.