According to a new study in the international Journal of Sexual Medicine, the best sex should last just seven to 13 minutes, and even three-minute sex is "adequate.
The sex study is the first to review what the experts believe is the ideal length of time to have penetrative sex, with the random sample of Americans and Canadians labeling seven to 13 minutes most "desirable".
Intercourse lasting between three and seven minutes was deemed "adequate", but anything less was "too short" and beyond 13 minutes was "too long".
The study, is designed to help calm couples' unrealistic beliefs that healthy sex should last a long time.
US studies show Americans expect penetrative sex to last between 15 and 20 minutes, even though self reports indicate it is over in less than half this time.
Lead researcher Dr. Eric Corty, from the Behrend College in Erie, Pennsylvania, said this was a situation "ripe for disappointment and dissatisfaction".
"In the fantasy model of male sexuality, men have large penises, rock-hard erections, and can sustain sexual activity all night long," Dr. Corty wrote.
"It appears that many men and women hold this fantasy. The results from the present study, by providing a realistic not a fantasy model of sexuality, are useful both in treating people with sexual concerns and dysfunctions, and, with wider circulation, in preventing the onset of sexual dysfunctions."
Dr. Jane Howard, a medical sex therapist from Brisbane, Australia, said "usually women are quite happy with short intercourse, and are not bothered about prolonging it at all, but nearly all men want it to be much, much longer".
She said it was important not to obsess over the length of intercourse, with time often suspended during the act anyway.
tallp said
05:42 03/19 2008
so nuh dat mi sey half a minute to a minute good lol
Buddah said
06:09 03/19 2008
lol @ tallp
ANDREDESIGNZ said
06:10 03/19 2008
zeen
K17 said
06:17 03/19 2008
hope so gurl read dis ya ease of di pressure pon di i and i lolololol
bad4life71 said
06:26 03/19 2008
A SO IT GO THAT A INNA US SOME GIRL LIKE IT LONG
vybz10107 said
06:44 03/19 2008
some girl luv when u inna dem hole fi a year and even longer
bLaCkBeatZ said
07:20 03/19 2008
tallp wrote:
so nuh dat mi sey half a minute to a minute good lol
LOL A DAT MI SEH 2
Crazypickney said
09:01 03/19 2008
lol, interesting
DJ O.P. said
09:07 03/19 2008
whats funny was i was planning on posing the question today about what is the ideal amount of time to be spent having sex...interesting
Djfella said
09:11 03/19 2008
lol thats funny nuff woman probably disagree with that one
up2 said
09:17 03/19 2008
mi nah agree wid dat but its good to kno there r research been done about it
AJ said
09:22 03/19 2008
suh di girl dem can stop complain now - if dem get 3 minutes thats adequate
crucial24 said
09:40 03/19 2008
hmmmm 15 to 20 mins dang dat short!!
Caramel_Delite said
11:28 03/19 2008
SEVEN TO THIRTEEN MINUTES DAT A QUICKIEEE FI MI..LOL
Shockwave Ent said
11:30 03/19 2008
raaclaat a dat dem a say
Dj Moet said
11:31 03/19 2008
eeeeeeeeeeeeeee
DekaNo said
11:36 03/19 2008
hhhmmm a that them a seh
linko said
12:28 03/19 2008
YE MAN..................EVRY BODY KNO SEH DI QUIKIES R THA BEST
Mekhilla said
12:34 03/19 2008
i dont think americans are credible wen it comes to anythin
The sex study is the first to review what the experts believe is the ideal length of time to have penetrative sex, with the random sample of Americans and Canadians labeling seven to 13 minutes most "desirable".
Intercourse lasting between three and seven minutes was deemed "adequate", but anything less was "too short" and beyond 13 minutes was "too long".
The study, is designed to help calm couples' unrealistic beliefs that healthy sex should last a long time.
US studies show Americans expect penetrative sex to last between 15 and 20 minutes, even though self reports indicate it is over in less than half this time.
Lead researcher Dr. Eric Corty, from the Behrend College in Erie, Pennsylvania, said this was a situation "ripe for disappointment and dissatisfaction".
"In the fantasy model of male sexuality, men have large penises, rock-hard erections, and can sustain sexual activity all night long," Dr. Corty wrote.
"It appears that many men and women hold this fantasy. The results from the present study, by providing a realistic not a fantasy model of sexuality, are useful both in treating people with sexual concerns and dysfunctions, and, with wider circulation, in preventing the onset of sexual dysfunctions."
Dr. Jane Howard, a medical sex therapist from Brisbane, Australia, said "usually women are quite happy with short intercourse, and are not bothered about prolonging it at all, but nearly all men want it to be much, much longer".
She said it was important not to obsess over the length of intercourse, with time often suspended during the act anyway.
LOL A DAT MI SEH 2