Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Therapists Debunk “All Night Long” Myth


A new study reveals that sex doesn’t have to last hours to be satisfactory. In fact, according to a recent survey, sexual intercourse need only last somewhere along a reasonable continuum of 3 to 13 minutes.

The survey was conducted by researchers Eric Corty and Jenay Guardiani of Penn State Erie. Fifty full members of the Society for Sex Therapy and Research offered their input regarding sexual intercourse satisfaction. Sixty-eight percent of the group responded to the survey. These members consisted of psychologists, physicians, social workers, marriage/family therapists and nurses.

The respondents established adequate sexual intercourse as lasting somewhere between 3 and 7 minutes and desirable intercourse lasted about 7 to 13 minutes. Sexual intercourse was seen as too short when it lasted from 1 to 2 minutes and 10 to 30 minutes was determined to be too long.

Previous research suggests that both men and women perceive sexual satisfaction as long-lasting sex sessions. Therefore, when sex lasts less time than anticipated each party suffers a let down. If only we could re-train our brains to believe that the best sex lasts only a short period of time, we might actually allow ourselves to feel more satisfied with our sex lives.

Article

www.mentalhealthblog.com

8 comments:

BPD in OKC said...

interesting study. thanks for sharing

meg said...

Thanks for stopping by!

Nur Atari said...

great!
Anyways... Can you post a something about schizophrenia...? im interested what will be your post about it.

meg said...

Thanks, nur atari. I'll see what I can do!

Ray Gratzner said...

Well that is interesting, but how many people tell the truth in such studies?

meg said...

I suppose, but you'd think if they were going to lie, they'd at least make themselves seem better than that.

Nico said...

10 minutes?!?

You mean, in totall, over the period of one week?


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Ok now I'm just being childish :P

meg said...

thanks for the visit, nico!