The best sexual intercourse lasts between seven and 13 minutes, and three minute sex is ‘adequate’ according to a report in the International Journal of Sexual Medicine.
The study led by Eric Corty, from the Behrend College of Erie, Pennsylvania, reviewed 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.’
It concluded that intercourse lasting between three and seven minutes was ‘adequate’ but anything less was ‘too short’ and beyond 13 minutes was ‘too long.’
The extraordinary research is designed to help calm couples’ unrealistic beliefs that healthy sex should last a long time.
Corty said that this was a situation “ripe for disappointment and dissatisfaction. In the fantasy model of male sexuality, men have large penises, rock-hard reactions and can sustain sexual activity all night long,” Corty was quoted as saying.
“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 dysfunction,” he added.
Courtesy: Health Magazine
