Three to Thirteen Minutes
April 4th, 2008 at 10:56 am by David FarrarThe Telegraph reports:
A survey of sex therapists has concluded that the optimal amount of time for sexual intercourse is three to 13 minutes.
The findings, to be published in the May issue of the Journal of Sexual Medicine, strike at the notion that endurance is the key to a great sex life.
However, the time does not count foreplay, and the therapists did rate sexual intercourse that lasts from one to two minutes as “too short”.
One minute? Is that even possible? Maybe when you are 16!
Tags: sex
April 4th, 2008 at 11:11 am
Best minute of her life… cough
Vote:April 4th, 2008 at 11:13 am
Surely the stamina of both parties comes into play? If you’re tired after 5 minutes it’s not not going to be too much fun after that.
Maybe we could ask Rodney what his pre-dancing experience was like compared to his post-dancing experience? On second thoughts, maybe not…
Vote:April 4th, 2008 at 11:42 am
pull youself together farrar and stop reading Cactus kate mn things,
Vote:the idea what nature put together needs no shagging around at all,
you supposed to inject semen in the fastest possible time,
swivel neck and look behing you for possible enemy,
then sleep, eyes wide shut think about the girl next door,
April 4th, 2008 at 11:56 am
Always been my experience
Vote:April 4th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Tired after five minutes? Eh? As for look behind you for possible enemy, I’ve never had sex in the Hagley Park crappers.
At least this research might stop Sting banging on (excuse the pun) about tantric sex at every opportunity.
Vote:April 4th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
I read somewhere once that Mussolini thought himself a great lover, but in fact used to pass over women in a shallow dive.
Vote:April 4th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
3 to 13 minutes? Does that include the post-coital fag?
Vote:April 4th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
“a shallow dive”….You mean Ponsonby?
Vote:April 4th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
DPF asks:
The rule with duration, DPF, is that it is inversely proportional to the time between epsisodes. In other words, the longer the drought, the shorter the flood
Or so they tell me *cough*
Vote:April 4th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Depends if it’s the first one for the day…
Vote:April 4th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
Of course, this coming (sorry) weekend is the chance to bend the space-time continuum. Swing into action at 2:59 Sunday morning, have at it for two minutes, and you will be finished an hour before you even started. Now *that’s* efficient.
Vote:April 5th, 2008 at 1:43 am
The best sex most downunder teenagers get, is in that minute of the one hour called Greenwich thirteen 12.57am. Unfortunately most of the males are so drunk they cannot take advantage of their youth with their partner, so much potential to be realised lost as Milton put it. Though thanks to Bill, they apparently perform oral to a high level, as it nots really having sex anymore.
“Mr Corty told the Associated Press that the questions were not gender-specific. But he said that earlier research has shown that both men and women want foreplay and sexual intercourse to last longer. Irwin Goldstein, editor of the Journal of Sexual Medicine, cited a four-week study of 1,500 couples in 2005 that found the median time for sexual intercourse was 7.3 minutes. Marianne Brandon, a clinical psychologist and director of Wellminds Wellbodies in Annapolis, Maryland, said that it is difficult for both old and young men to make sexual intercourse last.”
(presumably for different reasons – the old need rest breaks but lose interest when they use them, the young also need the rest breaks, but lack the patience to use them).
“Prof Corty said he hoped to give an idea of what therapists find to be normal and satisfactory among the couples they see.”
Performing at less than the desired level, is what is the new optimum? Mediocrity is now the standard? I blame this not counting points in school sports and NCEA and public welfare. If we demand nothing less than the very best possible, we maintain pressure to perform.
So 7.3 minutes is the time required to get NCEA achieved … (pity there are not some percentages for those reaching to 10 or 13 minutes for those who want to study harder and obtain scholarships).
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