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Good sexual intercourse lasts minutes, not hours

live.psu.edu — Satisfactory sexual intercourse for couples lasts from 3 to 13 minutes, contrary to popular fantasy about the need for hours of sexual activity, according to a survey of U.S. and Canadian sex therapists.

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  • NinjaPirateDude, on 04/01/2008, -6/+32Hell Yeah!!
    • ThrashAssassin, on 04/01/2008, -8/+2Speak for yourself
    • vertinox, on 04/01/2008, -4/+2Lazy.
      • fearphage, on 04/01/2008, -1/+10Agreed. Foreplay + sex + cuddling can consume half an afternoon if you do it right. And if cuddling turns into a nap, that's the perfect setup for round two! It really depends on who you are with and what your goal is. I mean if you are both just trying to get off then maybe 15 minutes is good but I wouldn't say thats an optimal timespan all the time. These guys are giving geeks a bad rep.
        • jcaino, on 04/01/2008, -1/+4***** a man. If you're into it for just sex, yea, I guess 15 minutes is your target. But if you're actualy making love...then it should be a lengthy event.
        • Linzee82, on 04/01/2008, -0/+2I believe they were talking about just the intercourse part, that only the intercourse should be about 15 min. When you add in foreplay, making out, all the other fun stuff, then you can easily hit an hour or two.
    • Kurlumbenus, on 04/01/2008, -1/+1Sorry buddy.
    • synyster, on 04/01/2008, -1/+1you shouldn't proud of yourself( 3 minutes)
    • jouleman, on 04/01/2008, -2/+0minute man?
  • sudhu, on 04/01/2008, -12/+1go nittany lions :D
    • passedoutghost, on 04/01/2008, -4/+1go me!
    • raynar, on 04/01/2008, -0/+6For the digg users, there should also be information about how 3-13 minutes gives you time to still raid the Horde.
  • disher91, on 04/01/2008, -11/+2Hey, Penn State Erie... I go to school there... Nobody asked me nothing.
    • Jeffler, on 04/01/2008, -0/+21Why would they ask you? You're a digg user.
  • mccune, on 04/01/2008, -6/+110Well, yeah, for intercourse. But foreplay can (and should) last lots longer.
    • TheThirdWheel, on 04/01/2008, -63/+3Only if you're a fat dude and it takes a half an hour to get your woman "ready". Foreplay for me takes 8 seconds, it's called KY my friend.
      • carlnewton, on 04/01/2008, -0/+54You must be a real hit with the ladies.
        • migitalwarfare, on 04/01/2008, -0/+31i hear he's dynamite in the sack. short fuse, quick explosion
      • ThrstForKnwldge, on 04/01/2008, -0/+42Well yeah it's not very hard to please your hand all it wants is lube.
      • dynelol, on 04/01/2008, -1/+9Do you have trouble opening it? 8 seconds is a while for that.
        • Kurlumbenus, on 04/01/2008, -0/+10It's hard to open it one handed.
      • Blandyman, on 04/01/2008, -1/+3That is easily one of the saddest things I've ever heard.
        If you're unwilling to tease your girl a little, or do other things BESIDES just ***** and getting yourself off, then you're not worthy of your man status.
        Please turn in your card at the front desk on your way out. You are no longer part of this club.
      • slightvelleity, on 04/01/2008, -0/+1UR DOIN' IT WRONG!!!
    • sonnysavage, on 04/01/2008, -3/+11As teenagers we called it making out, and it lasted for hours... that was awesome...
      • migitalwarfare, on 04/01/2008, -1/+2welcome to the new millenium, where kids get cheesed out of their minds and have sex in the playground with their teachers.
    • Wornstrom, on 04/01/2008, -3/+2how appropriate, +69 diggs for your comment :P
      • r337ard, on 04/01/2008, -0/+3Sadly I had to dig it down from 70 to keep it that way :P
        • mccune, on 04/01/2008, -0/+2It's worth not having an appropriate number of diggs if more people take the advice to heart. A happy woman is more likely to want it again sooner. All those guys that lay on top of their women, thrust a few times, then roll over and fall asleep, will quickly find their woman isn't interested in sex anymore.
  • WoundedCow, on 04/01/2008, -7/+10*****
    • ThrstForKnwldge, on 04/01/2008, -1/+23I'm at a loss for words as well.
  • mcfriendly, on 04/01/2008, -6/+3You must have surveyed my wife. I knew I should have taken than call. Sigh!
  • jlebrech, on 04/01/2008, -7/+22I'll have sex the rapists for 400 trebek!!
    • rexbron, on 04/01/2008, -2/+2Suck it Trebek
      • dynelol, on 04/01/2008, -3/+1Suck it Turk
      • Blandyman, on 04/01/2008, -0/+1Shuck it long, and shuck it hard. HA. HA. HA. HA. HA. OOOH. HO. HO. HO. HA. HA.
    • bonds, on 04/01/2008, -0/+2You'll rue the day ya crossed me, Trebek!
  • briguymaine, on 04/01/2008, -1/+58If 3 minutes is good, I must be awesome.
  • pylaeron, on 04/01/2008, -0/+19What the hell does satisfactory mean?
    • migitalwarfare, on 04/01/2008, -2/+18you get a gold star on your report card
    • mcphatty, on 04/01/2008, -3/+11.5 minutes?
    • axelo, on 04/01/2008, -2/+7A factory for satis obviously.
    • Markpdotcom, on 04/01/2008, -1/+7You both cum.
    • robbiemuffin, on 04/01/2008, -8/+3what the f** is wrong with you? Sorry, but how can you not know the meaning of 'satisfactory' in a discussion about sex? You don't even have to be sexually active... the Rolling Stones wrote a song about it, for goodness sakes!
    • succubuskiller, on 04/01/2008, -0/+5It means that these therapists are not getting good sex and just want it over asap... Or that it might be a vast majority of dudes surveyed who wouldn't mind it over when it feels great.
  • cygnus2112, on 04/01/2008, -2/+183 to 13 minutes? How about 1 minute 20 seconds?
    • carlnewton, on 04/01/2008, -0/+31Can someone bring the bar just a little lower so I can feel better about myself?
      • Coven, on 04/01/2008, -0/+10One thrust for me. That help any?
      • bonds, on 04/01/2008, -0/+9Pants off for me.
      • carlnewton, on 04/01/2008, -0/+4Thanks lads. Now I feel, well, average, which is awesome.
      • gak001, on 04/01/2008, -1/+1Watch American Pie.
      • Blandyman, on 04/01/2008, -0/+3My ex's sister's boyfriend creamed his pants from making out with her. There was no touching, there was no nothing. Just to much tongue for him to hold it back.
        Poor bastard.
    • roebeet, on 04/01/2008, -0/+6If it takes longer than the commercial break, then something is wrong.
  • hendriks, on 04/01/2008, -6/+58Aprils fool, right??
    • Forky, on 04/01/2008, -1/+9Published 31 of march.
    • robbiemuffin, on 04/01/2008, -0/+3its april fools if you reply something like "just a little longer" "just a little shorter" or "damn, I thought 15 minutes..."

      sex is just sex. and lots of sex is good sex. but too much sex is just itchy. :)
      • Durrok, on 04/01/2008, -1/+3I can't recall who quoted it but I've always enjoyed: "Good sex is great, but bad sex is like a peanut butter& jelly sandwich".
        • Kurlumbenus, on 04/01/2008, -1/+1Quote butcherer.
        • rootneg2, on 04/01/2008, -0/+1b-b-b-but... i really like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches; they're delicious! in fact...

          *goes off to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich*
        • kittnerrules, on 04/01/2008, -0/+1It was Billy Joel.
  • WoundedCow, on 04/01/2008, -0/+6I'm writing this down to show someone...
    • Markpdotcom, on 04/01/2008, -1/+6Your mum? No wait... thats sick... Your sister... ;)
  • ColonelJessup, on 04/01/2008, -0/+43What is this "sexual intercourse" you people speak of?
    • dulymachine, on 04/01/2008, -5/+3WTF do you mean "you people"??!?!
      • Ramzy, on 04/01/2008, -3/+3The mentally handicapped, such as yourself.
    • Stupidumb, on 04/01/2008, -0/+7I think it's like a conversation but you also eat soup while you talk.
    • DteK, on 04/01/2008, -0/+1its something you do to get a really good turkey sandwich made
  • ddfall, on 04/01/2008, -6/+7I am so forwarding this to my girl right now.
    (Yes, I have a girl but I still expect to get those typical comment replies.)
  • 7stitches, on 04/01/2008, -5/+2

    • carlnewton, on 04/01/2008, -2/+7Touché.
      • 7stitches, on 04/01/2008, -0/+4its this great comment system..... this is what i tried to put there......

        [obligatory comment about needing a woman to have sex with]

        [another comment about the quickness of such an encounter]
        • Markpdotcom, on 04/01/2008, -0/+1It would seem square brackets make the digg comments system go mental!
      • tidu, on 04/01/2008, -0/+2Oh, wow. I thought these people were just making blank comments on purpose
  • chanop, on 04/01/2008, -2/+4I need to show this to my girlfriend, so does 5-15 seconds make it even better?
  • StinkyWizlteats, on 04/01/2008, -2/+27Geeks measure success in microseconds. Far more impressive.
    • Smoozle, on 04/01/2008, -0/+1Of course, they also need the additional precision or, because of rounding, the continually get nil data.
      • rootneg2, on 04/01/2008, -0/+1man, i keep getting NAN.

        is that good or bad?
    • SoulDrift404, on 04/01/2008, -0/+2We're also MICRO and SOFT. Coincidence?
  • slothlovechunk, on 04/01/2008, -2/+19Making love.... making love for.... making love for two...

    Making love for two minutes.
    • NoDitchDigging, on 04/01/2008, -1/+13When I'm wearing nothing but my socks, you know what time it is......
      • Durrok, on 04/01/2008, -1/+7It's business time
        • synyster, on 04/01/2008, -0/+2i wish so, but is not Wednesday yet :(
        • Parkinsons, on 04/01/2008, -0/+2That's why they call them business socks.
      • kevyn, on 04/01/2008, -1/+4you only need two minutes with me cus I'm so intense
    • rpgguy1o1, on 04/01/2008, -1/+3cause two minutes in heaven is better than i minute in heaven
  • expo1001, on 04/01/2008, -3/+14At least for me and my girlfriend, this article is spot-on. I'm one of those guys that can go forever if I want to, but we both enjoy it lots more if it's in the 5-15 minute range for the actual intercourse part of it. The parts before and after, though, usually last a lot longer.
    • Coven, on 04/01/2008, -0/+12There's parts after? You mean like passing out for an hour or so?
  • angusm, on 04/01/2008, -5/+7OK, so the sex therapists say that sexual intercourse should last at most 13 minutes, while "a large percentage of men and women" wanted it to last "30 minutes or longer". What does this tell us? That sex therapists are in the business of lowering expectations? Or that we're getting sexual advice from a group of people who can't make sweet, sweet love all night long? Are sex therapists perhaps sexual inadequates who only went into the profession in order to try to change public perceptions? Is this, in fact, part of some sinister conspiracy to deprive healthy adults of their constitutional right to ninety minutes of uninterrupted nookie? I call for a Congressional investigation!
    • robbiemuffin, on 04/01/2008, -0/+4seems like that's a great description of why duration wouldn't be a social fact ... why you'd bother to do a study like this in the first place.
    • Zman0101, on 04/01/2008, -1/+0I think that the majority of people just suck at sex and don't know what they're talking about
    • mwalker05, on 04/01/2008, -0/+3no... most of them (68%) wanted it in the 3-13 minute range. they said that in PAST studies, couples wanted 30 minutes or longer. i would chalk this up to vague surveys saying things like "how long should sex last." Man, that reading comprehension thing can be tricky sometimes...
  • krets, on 04/01/2008, -0/+20It's funny to me that people say the reason for the perceptions about all night sex marathons come from porn. An average porn clip lasts what, 15-20 minutes? Isn't that right in the range of the findings of this survey?
    • nobelief, on 04/01/2008, -0/+1dude, that thing is edited to all hell
      • krets, on 04/01/2008, -0/+3Well no ***** Sherlock. However, I'm pretty sure that normal sex doesn't involve a production crew, directors and fluffers either.

        The final product is still 15-20 minutes regardless of the amount of time and effort that went into filming it.
  • rplantz, on 04/01/2008, -4/+3I'm almost there!!!
  • thebigsix, on 04/01/2008, -6/+21 minute for me... :)
  • charlietuna, on 04/01/2008, -0/+4This study was funded by Digg, I know it.
  • ParaSwarm, on 04/01/2008, -0/+2Great news for all the Diggers out there.
  • Azurensis, on 04/01/2008, -4/+15If you're over the age of 25 and haven't figured this out on your own yet, I feel sorry for your partner. Marathon sex isn't particularly fun for anyone. Get revved up, get it in, get everyone off, and get to sleep!
    • catfish182, on 04/01/2008, -1/+6maybe maybe not.

      i spend sometimes 45 minutes giving oral sex.
      sometimes thats even with a partner!
    • numb401, on 04/01/2008, -2/+4I'm happy I'm not banging you
    • hawaiibear, on 04/02/2008, -1/+1betcha you don't know about multiple orgasms, do you, huh?, do you...
  • flannelback, on 04/01/2008, -1/+3April Fools!
  • FlyAJ, on 04/01/2008, -1/+18"Ooh, makin` love.
    Makin` love for two.
    Makin` love for two minutes.
    When it`s with me you only need two minutes, `cause I`m so intense. Two minutes in heaven is better than one minute in heaven. You say something like, "Is that it?" I know what you`re trying to say. You`re trying to say, "Aww yeah, that`s it." Then you tell me you want some more. Well I`m not surprised. But I`m quite sleepy."- Flight Of The Conchords
  • DonJohnTom, on 04/01/2008, -1/+2this best sex lasts seconds, or at least i hope so.
  • akatherder, on 04/01/2008, -0/+6How did they handle the timing when she says "is it in yet?" and you've been hard at work for 5 minutes already.
  • catfish182, on 04/01/2008, -1/+13 minutes by myself?
    that long?
  • FloorModel, on 04/01/2008, -0/+0quality over quantity, some of us aren't getting any younger....
  • UtilityPole, on 04/01/2008, -1/+0Calling *****. I've never had a "satisfactory" sexual encounter. It's always, always good.

    Dammit.
  • alpha736, on 04/01/2008, -7/+2Not that anyone cares, but I always have a better and more ***EXPLOSIVE*** orgasm if I get off faster.
    • SoccerBoy, on 04/01/2008, -1/+6No one wants or needs to know about your "explosive" orgasm.
  • mindlessknight, on 04/01/2008, -0/+1it ALMOST always takes her 13-20 minutes to cum, but that is just ONCE annnd she says it hurts her if we go too much longer :?
    but i think 7-13 a bit of an underestimate...however, pop cultural does have an extremely skewed view of sex
  • Narcism, on 04/01/2008, -2/+6All this ***** about "hurting her" if it lasts too long. Pffft. Not once has my dog complained.
  • samuraix98, on 04/01/2008, -2/+0i'd totally go down on a brawd for half and hour or so, by the time we do it shes' already been CHECK AND MATE
  • SirZRX, on 04/01/2008, -2/+1proud and active member on the "Minute Club" , whos in too?
  • zetsurin, on 04/01/2008, -0/+2You can just hear the collective sigh of relief from the Digg community.
  • theillest1, on 04/01/2008, -0/+2**prints article and posts over headboard**
  • TomPhoolery, on 04/01/2008, -1/+2Then why does my girlfriend take about 30 minutes to cum?
    • wynja, on 04/01/2008, -0/+6Cause you need to read some books.
    • czeman, on 04/01/2008, -0/+10That's how long it takes for her to give up and fake one.
  • Nurven, on 04/01/2008, -0/+1uhmmm, ohhh
  • nobelief, on 04/01/2008, -1/+2my girl would slap me if i only did her for 10 minutes
  • chrismgtis, on 04/01/2008, -5/+2The only person that will believe this or agree with it are all you two pump chumps out there. Sad little men.
    • mccune, on 04/01/2008, -0/+33 minutes for 2 pumps? Talk about taking it slow. Did you even read the article?
  • TabControl, on 04/01/2008, -0/+3The article only refers to penetration. Women still want foreplay which starts with dinner, kissing, and oral. That part can take hours. In n' Out motion for long peroid of time becomes painfull. Women get sore. For those who have sex, spend time on foreplay. If it's good, she will be back.
  • davdw001, on 04/01/2008, -4/+0Like there's such a thing as bad sexual intercourse!
  • papipablo, on 04/01/2008, -0/+2You're doing it wrong
  • Whammo, on 04/01/2008, -0/+8And in other news, It has been discovered that 75% of scientists are premature ejaculators
  • viclazlo, on 04/01/2008, -0/+1proud member of the "adequate" club : )
  • kittnerrules, on 04/01/2008, -0/+2Diggers: This article doesn't mean you should be *proud* to be a minute man. From the comments on here...it sounds like you're bragging about it.
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