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Duration of sexual intercourse

Vaginal sexual intercourse typically consists of a period of foreplay, followed by intromission and ejaculation, followed by a period of cuddling. According to a Kinsey study, just under half of men reported a time to ejaculation from intromission of five minutes or less. About a fifth claimed that coitus lasted 10 minutes or longer. Others may have taken over one hour. Taking too long, however, can turn pleasure into pain.

How long should sex last? A survey conducted by Maxim (July 2004) showed the following:

• Women:
  • Ten minutes: 6%
  • Thirty minutes: 17%
  • Until I orgasm: 32%
  • As long as possible: 44%

• Men:
  • Five minutes: 1%
  • Ten minutes: 5%
  • Twenty to thirty minutes: 26%
  • Forever: 28%
  • Until she comes: 34%
  • Until she goes: 4%

Many men suffer from premature ejaculation. Since most men, unlike women, cannot have multiple orgasms, intercourse normally ends when the man has ejaculated. Thus the woman might not have time to have an orgasm.

There is a wide range of techniques men can use to overcome premature ejaculation: examples include, slowing down the rate of movement or stopping the stroking for a short pause to let the excitement subside just a bit, adjusting the position of one person or both to make it slightly less stimulating, and adding a lot of lubricant so that the vaginal friction is less intense.

Women tend to warm up slower than men and are often disappointed that before they are fully warmed up their partner has already finished, unless her partner is aware of her needs. "As a rule, women would like to devote as much time to foreplay and the sex act as men would like to devote to foreplay, the sex act, and building a garage."

See also

• Human sexual response cycle
• Frequency of sexual intercourse

References

1. Premature ejaculation
2. "Dave Barry's Guide to Marriage And/Or Sex" Pg 26 ISBN-13: 978-0878577255

External links

• Kinsey Study Data
• S. Andrea Miller, E. Sandra Byers. Actual and desired duration of foreplay and intercourse: discordance and misperceptions within heterosexual couples. Journal of Sex Research, August, 2004
• Maxim July 2004

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age

what is the minumum age to have anal sex

That's a legal matter and it depends on the jurisdiction. --Tony Sidaway 11:14, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

In the United States, I believe it's the same as the age of consent. Many other countries also have sodomy laws. -kotra 20:37, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

merged mating

Merged article mating from this version . Both articles are in B class, mating and sexual intercourse are one and the same. Otherwise you will have to move this article to "Sexual intercourse in Humans" and move that article(mating) to "mating in animals other than humans". To do:

• Redirecting the article mating has yet to be done.
• Lead section here has to be trimmed down.
• Little cleanup.

Lara bran 12:51, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

If you want to elaborate human sexual intercourse please do it here: human sexual behavior and Human sexuality. Thanks. Lara bran 13:05, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Im done. Merging is completed. Archived long talk page. Somebody leave a thanks to me right here. Lara bran 04:27, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

I have reverted your changes. A merge of this size should be discussed first. In my opinion, mating and sexual intercourse are not one and the same. This is a very general overview, but mating is what animals do to produce offspring. Human beings engage often (if not usually) engage in sexual intercourse purely for pleasure, and often take steps to ensure that conception does NOT occur as a result of sexual intercourse. (Yes, I realize that some animals also engage in various forms of sexual stimulation for pleasure.) Joie de Vivre° 15:59, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Please know the difference between a dictionary and encyclopedia. Its headline should match with content. In this state this article should be renamed to "Sexual intercourse in humans" and that article should be renamed to "mating in animals (except humans)", humans also animals. Users did not post here did not mean they opposed it, "older version is consensus" is wrong idea, reverted back, i wont revert only if someone else other than User:Joie de Vivre (who is still learning, see here how this is minor edit?) revert my changes. Lara bran 03:32, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Still learning? Of course, we all are still learning. I have learned that it is important to seek consensus for large moves. If a large move seems reasonable and you WP:BOLDly go ahead with it, if other community members object, it's appropriate to seek consensus through discussion. Reverting and making personally directed comments is not very productive.

In my opinion, you have not demonstrated that sexual intercourse and mating are one and the same, or that the two articles should be merged. Joie de Vivre° 04:03, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Man i seriously dont have time, otherwise i know this community etc. Dont take personally, also i need not demonstrate, dividing article into "humans" and "non-human animals"(that too without mentioning that in heading) is clearly against common sense. There are 2 different articles on humans i quoted above. Seek a third opinion and dont revert yourself Lara bran 04:16, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

I have already done so. I hope you will reconsider your approach, it is not at all conducive to forming consensus. Joie de Vivre° 04:21, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

From your comment there, i see your confusion: term sexual intercourse is not limited to humans, see dictionary. Lara bran 04:30, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

I would appreciate it if you would stop framing the discussion in terms of a purported deficit of understanding on my part. I would also appreciate it if you would state in clear, concise terms why Mating should be merged to Sexual intercourse. I have stated why they should not. Joie de Vivre° 04:33, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

OK. if not merged, current article Sexual intercourse should be moved to Sexual intercourse in humans as term "sexual intercourse" is not limited to humans(but Sexual intercourse in humans already has article named Human sexual behavior). Hence they should be merged. Me leaving, please let other users revert the article. Lara bran 04:48, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Since you seem ambivalent about what should happen, and you're not interested to stay and discuss, I am reverting the merge, recreating the Mating article and the previous version of the Sexual intercourse article. Joie de Vivre° 05:01, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

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