March 5th, 2008
I’m busy with edits at the moment, so here’s a little snippet I found on my ISP’s home page.
According to a major survey of US experts, the best sex should last between seven and 13 minutes, and even three-minute sex is “adequate”.
Sex therapists in Australia say most men want sex to last much longer while women weren’t bothered if it was over with fast.
The study was published in the international Journal of Sexual Medicine and was designed to help calm couples’ unrealistic beliefs that healthy sex should last a long time.
You can find the full article here.
Interesting, but I can’t see this theory catching on in erotic romance where longer love scenes definitely work better. 
Oh My. That article was interesting. And all through it I was thinking the exact same thing as the therapist said at the end!!
Shelley, I hope your knee’s better today, sounded like a nasty fall there ((Hugs))
by Christina Phillips March 5th, 2008 at 12:51 amYou know, Paulo Coehlo wrote “Eleven Minutes, ” a novel based on the theory that men only took 11 minutes to reach orgasm. So the heroine is complaining how she has never had an orgasm. :)
by Tempest Knight March 5th, 2008 at 6:20 am–while women weren’t bothered if it was over with fast–
Erm, there seem to be some lousy lovers out there.
by Gabriele March 5th, 2008 at 1:41 pmLOL - that part was taken from a survey in Australia, Gabriele. Not NZ, I’d point out, looking over shoulder for lurking Australians
by Shelley Munro March 5th, 2008 at 2:01 pmLooking at who wants it to last longer… *Blink* I think the toilets aren’t the only things that are reversed in AUS.
Either their foreplay is really really gooooood! or lol Australian women have just given up.
And can i see a show of hands on who actually believes the rock hard all night long fantasy?
by Marissa Alwin March 5th, 2008 at 4:00 pmWell. That is so interesting.
by Janet H March 5th, 2008 at 4:23 pmInteresting.
by Estella March 5th, 2008 at 4:28 pmAs a “lurking Australian” with some experience in the matter (although the last fifty years have been with the same partner) I am of the school that believes 99% of great sex occurs between the ears.
What are we timing here, the physical conjunction, or the thousand moments of tenderness that turn it into an act of love?
Amy
by Amy Gallow March 6th, 2008 at 1:37 amThree minutes? Are they kidding? That’s adequate?
Wow…
By that standard, my hubby just transcended “so-mind-blowing-I-can’t-believe-I’m-walking-upright”!
by MsMenozzi March 6th, 2008 at 3:10 amThree minutes…I’m sorry, that just doesn’t work for me. LOL
by N.J. Walters March 6th, 2008 at 6:24 am