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.

Sex takes 3 to 13 minutes, study says - CNN.com

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are you jealous foid?

really? i thought it was between 45 mins and 'all night long', ask USHER!!!!!

Wow, I must be doing something wrong. I need to pick up the pace a little, haha.

something wrong is better than nothing..haha

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i need more training....

Disclaimer: I talk pretty openly about a lot of issues, so if you are squeamish... then don't read this post....

It seems here that 'sexual intercourse' here is determined by how long it takes the male. (If that's the case, then this is pathetic.) If both partners were taken into consideration, I'm sure the time would be much higher. I'm not sure that most women would stick around in a relationship for 3 minute sex (and not get anything out of it themselves), unless they really didn't like their partners and just wanted to get the sex over with as soon as possible... or unless they were the submissive disempowered type who think is their wifely 'duty' to put out even if they don't get the same satisfaction. My guess is that the 8-13 minute segment may have considered women into the picture, but the 3 min certainly didn't.

It would be interesting if research also considered gays and lesbians... my guess is that it would be like:

M & M--> 1-3 min
F & F--> 8-25 min

Anyways, I wonder why this research was done in the first place. I'm not sure what the extrinsic value of such a study is.

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Sex and relationship quality are mutually exclusive items, why would you assume they are related. I thinks it speaks more about what you value than what people in general find important.

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Ummm... I'm female. Physical intimacy and relationship quality are certainly linked, not mutually exclusive. I'm not stating that men don't value this, but I think this is the stereotype of women.

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