[Bill,
April 4, 2008]
Optimal sex
This article here:
Now, I'm no social scientist, and I can only provide anecdotal evidence, but ... it seems to me that the optimal amount of time for sex is when the man lasts at least few seconds longer than the woman needs. The non-optimal sex-amount-time is when the man lasts a few seconds less than the woman needs.
So it's not so much a question of three to 13 minutes, but about how many quadratic equations you can do in your head when you're both down to the short strokes ...
NEW YORK — Maybe men had it right all along: It doesn't take long to satisfy a woman in bed.
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."
Now, I'm no social scientist, and I can only provide anecdotal evidence, but ... it seems to me that the optimal amount of time for sex is when the man lasts at least few seconds longer than the woman needs. The non-optimal sex-amount-time is when the man lasts a few seconds less than the woman needs.
So it's not so much a question of three to 13 minutes, but about how many quadratic equations you can do in your head when you're both down to the short strokes ...