No wonder there are so many unhappy women in the world. A very sad commentary on how unaware or uninterested men generally are in terms of giviing pleasure to their mates.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "L B Shriver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 16:26:59 -0700 > From: NHNE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Study: Length Of Time People Spend Having Sex > > > NHNE News List > Current Members: 1337 > Subscribe/unsubscribe/archive info at the bottom of this message. > > ----------- > > WATCH THE CLOCK, DARLING BRITS LAST LONGEST AT SEX > By Ben Dowell > The Sunday Times - Britain > May 22, 2005 > > http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1622297,00.html > > A scientific study to be published this week will suggest that British > men > are world leaders at sex, at least when they are measured against the > clock. > But that is not saying much considering that most men in other > countries > were at best five-minute wonders. > > After equipping hundreds of couples in various countries with > stopwatches, > researchers have for the first time amassed accurate data on the length > of > time that people spend having sex. > > Across all the countries studied, the average time for actual > lovemaking was > 5.4 minutes. Around that figure, however, the researchers found > considerable > variations related to age and nationality. > > While British men took on average 7.6 minutes, the typical American > took 7 > minutes, while the Spanish lasted 5.8 minutes and the Dutch 5.1 > minutes. > > The Turks produced the biggest surprise: on average they spend just 3.7 > minutes at it. > > In all the countries studied there was no significant difference in the > timings whether the men were using condoms or not. > > In the research, to be published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, > British > and Dutch scientists studied 500 couples aged over 18 in the five > countries. > > "Sexual events were stopwatch-timed over a four-week period and > recorded," > says Dr Marcel Waldinger, a leading neuro-psychiatrist based at Utrecht > University who led the research. > > The findings also revealed how the time from start to finish of sex > decreased with age, from an average of 6.5 minutes for men aged 18-30 > to 4.3 > minutes for those over 51. > > The researchers say the findings indicate that male sexual functioning > varies significantly between healthy individuals, and there is no easy > definition of what should be classified as average sexual performance > or premature ejaculation. > > "The wide range among normal men points to a physical rather than a > psychological cause for premature ejaculation," said Waldinger. > > "The results will help to lift the taboo over premature ejaculation > because > they show that men are indeed different from one another." To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
