Best time for ****: Oh, 3 to 13 minutes
http://seattletimes.nwsou.../2004324032_survey03.htmlNEW YORK — Maybe men had it right all along: It doesn't take long to satisfy a woman in bed.
A survey of **** therapists concluded the optimal amount of time for ****ual intercourse was 3 to 13 minutes. The findings, to be published in the May issue of the Journal of ****ual Medicine, strike at the notion that endurance is the key to a great **** 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 ****ual 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 (who, it must be noted, is male). But he said earlier research has shown that men and women alike want foreplay and ****ual intercourse to last longer.
Dr. Irwin Goldstein, editor of the Journal of ****ual Medicine, cited a four-week study of 1,500 couples in 2005 that found the median time for ****ual intercourse was 7.3 minutes. (Women were armed with stopwatches.)
It's difficult for older men and young men to make ****ual intercourse last much longer, said Marianne Brandon, a clinical psychologist and director of Wellminds Wellbodies in Annapolis, Md.
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