CNN: Sex takes 3 to 13 minutes, study says

[Amerigo Vespucci]

A survey of sex therapists concluded the optimal amount of time for sexual intercourse was 3 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.

If that sounds like good news to you, don't cheer too loudly. The time does not count foreplay, and the therapists did rate sexual intercourse that lasts from 1 to 2 minutes as "too short."

Researcher Eric Corty said he hoped to ease the minds of those who believe "more of something good is better, and if you really want to satisfy your partner, you should last forever."

The questions were not gender-specific, said Corty. But he said prior research has shown men and women want foreplay and sexual intercourse to last longer.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/04/02/sex.survey.ap/index.html

[petronius]

1. Actually, I'd settle for T > 0 right now

:)

[BlueJazz]

2. 3 Minutes ??...Damn...How come so long ?

:rofl:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. My dear Amerigo Vespucci...

Interesting findings!

I'll have to share this with my husband...;)

[libodem]

4. I like the 13 minute kind

best. How long until we get locked?

[LeftyMom]

5. The length of foreplay is the part that matters.

:shrug:

[Yavin4]

7. Is Dinner Included In The "Foreplay" Time?

:shrug:

[tjwmason]

15. My thought entirely

Why exclude it? Seems very odd to me.

[RadiationTherapy]

32. It matters, but some people need more than 3 min. of coitus.

SOME people.

[bullwinkle428]

33. Great point, and I also want to know where the "cutoff" takes place -

i.e., when does "foreplay" end and "sex" begins?

[Bucky]

44. Fore what?

Shit, I only got three minutes and you want me to waste time just warming up? Fuhgeddaboutit!

[Yavin4]

6. Three Minutes? What Am I? A Machine?

Good grief!

[MilesColtrane]

8. Reminds me of Woody Allen's "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Sex".

Specifically the Antonioni parody segment in which the Woodman plays a swept Ray-Ban wearing Italian schmendrick trying to understand why his paramour (Louise Lasser) can't get off unless it's in a public place. "Riccicare...riccicare.."

[quakerboy]

9. Man.

I gotta get with it. no more of this slacker overtime crap. Its hard to remember to hurry it through, though.

[undeterred]

36. Men.

I think the study was done by men.

[Hardrada]

10. It's really the angle of the dangle that counts but scientists

sometimes overlook the obvious. Other species, like cats outside my window, seem to fuck forever. Do we really want that sort of thing?

[Wetzelbill]

11. 3 minutes! I've already been asleep for two by then!

WTF? :)

[Alexander]

12. 13 minutes? That's nothing.

[The Doctor.]

13. Amazing... they're paying people to watch porn and time it.

How'd I miss that grant?

[WCGreen]

14. 60 Minute man...

It's not worth doing if it ain't done right...

[underpants]

16. It's business.. it's BUSINESS TIIIME!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGOohBytKTU

[Redbear]

54. Its time for business ... its business time.

I love that song and the series.

[myrna minx]

58. I just watched that episode yesterday.

:rofl: Does this 1-3 minutes include sorting the recycling?

[mainegreen]

17. Even less when the baby wakes up during it.

x(

[Warren DeMontague]

31. I was gonna say. They need two separate surveys- people with kids, and without.

Some of us don't have a lot of time for, er, romance.

[Inchworm]

18. Someone is doing it all wrong!

I guess.

:hi:

[xchrom]

19. now -- about that pizza...

[flvegan]

20. It's all about the foreplay.

Though, even with plenty of that, I don't see how 3 minutes of actual intercourse is "optimal". That is, unless her husband just pulled in the driveway.

j/k, j/k.

[LeftyMom]

24. Foreplay is teh awesome.

Bonus points for lots of it. Especially oral. :D

[Orsino]

21. Heating the spaghetti sauce alone takes at least four minutes...

...and if I can't remember the combination to the bicycle lock right away, that's another two or three minutes there.

[guitar man]

22. does that include prep time?

I mean, it usually takes me longer than that to get the whipped cream, car battery and jumper cables, leathers, cuffs and unicycle reay :evilgrin:

[Fire Walk With Me]

23. Who's got 3 to 13 minutes to spare for sex? Sheesh.

:shrug:

[IndianaJones]

25. does that include negotiating the fee? nt.

[unpossibles]

26. remember: the safety word is "banana" nt

[IronLionZion]

27. Bwahaha!

I suppose I'm way above average then! Seeing stuff like this does wonders for my self esteem. I'll have to email this to my girlfriend.

[PVnRT]

28. Please post threads about the 2008 primary in GD:P

[Bucky]

45. Talk about foreplay that runs on too long!

We're all raw and yet are pants are still on!

[Solon]

29. Does this mean I've been doing it wrong all these years? I usually last MUCH longer than that.

:evilgrin:

[krispos42]

34. Time spent...

trying to unwrap the condom does NOT count!

:-)

[Solon]

40. I thought that was part of foreplay!

:D

[krispos42]

41. Not really...

Losing wood while struggling with a wrapper results in a situtation similar to trying to put a marshmellow into a piggy bank. "Do-over" time restartd the stopwatch!

Just ask George Costanza...

[Solon]

46. Sorry, I've never suffered that problem.

:)

[One_Life_To_Give]

30. Except in MA, home of the Minuteman! nt

[HEyHEY]

35. Length means nothing

Some of the best whammi sessions I ever had were quick and against a wall somewhere

[IronLionZion]

37. Spoken like a real man!

:rofl: Best for who?

[HEyHEY]

39. Hey, they've never complained

[alarimer]

38. There must be something wrong with me then.

because it takes a hell of a lot longer than that. I'd be pretty pissed if it was that short. But I guess for guys that would be enough.

[Parche]

42. Yeah, Butt How Many People Can Do It 10 Times A Day!!

:woohoo: :woohoo:
:hi:

[loveangelc]

43. sad

http://youtube.com/watch?v=SjjEdJbek9I lol

[Schema Thing]

50. What if you're into tantric sex, like all my mime friends?

[Schema Thing]

51. oops. responding to the OP.

[Q3JR4]

47. I usually take longer than that,

makes it more interesting when you finally get to the end.

:shrug:

[LaraMN]

48. What?! I am totally getting shafted!

Couldn't. help. it...

:hide:

[Deja Q]

49. So Peggy Bundy owes Al an apology for all those "3 minutes" jokes?

:wow:

[In_The_Wind]

52. Not if you're doing it right!

[Maine-ah]

53. heh, not in my house!

:evilgrin:

[Chan790]

55. I have to question their findings.

If you can find and read the source data and research (which is in the JSM, if you can find it), the upward limit (13 minutes) was the result of the amount of time before one partner typically reported discomfort.

KY?

[bmbmd]

56. A blast from the past...

Did you hear about the sixty second sex maniac?

Got a minute?

[Shine]

57. MrShine takes a least 14 minutes

:rofl: