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It's Okay If You're A One-Minute Man
April 3, 2008
Good news! You know how you’re more of a – gee, how should we say this – more of a "sprinter" as opposed to a "marathoner" in the sack? Sex therapists are saying that’s a-okay. [USA Today] A survey of sex therapists concluded the optimal amount of time for sexual intercourse was 3 to 13 minutes.
Here’s the thing, though, that conclusion does not include foreplay. And also, for all of you who can get down and dirty in less than 120 seconds, take heed: The same sex therapists have said that sexual intercourse that lasts from 1 to 2 minutes as "too short."
Dr. 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. (Women were armed with stopwatches.)
Who is typically clocking in on the faster end? Young men and old men. Both age groups have a hard time going for longer (pun intended.)
"There are so many myths in our culture of what other people are doing sexually," said Marianne Brandon, a clinical psychologist and director of Wellminds Wellbodies in Annapolis, Md. "Most people’s sex lives are not as exciting as other people think they are." Good to know.
"You were up all night?" Yeah, right.
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I think I liked sex better when stopwatches were not part of it and we could just enjoy it without all the hoopla.
— ann - Apr 3, 09:48 PM - #