6 inches? No wait, they’re talking about time, aren’t they?

It turns out that the average length of time for sex is 7.3 minutes. That doesn’t include foreplay, or buying drinks, just the actual intercourse. Among other findings mentioned in the following article, which cites various surveys of sex therapists and laypeople (get it?), is the notion that lengthy sexual episodes may not actually be better. In other words, the goal should not simply be to last longer in order to be “better” in the sack. In fact, the “optimal” amount of time for intercourse was found to be between 3 and 13 minutes.

Eric Corty, an associate professor of psychology at Penn St., says,

“People who read this will say, ‘I last five minutes or my partner lasts eight minutes,’ and say, ‘That’s OK,’ ” he said. “They will relax a little bit.”

I think the problem would be if you last 5 minutes AND your partner lasts 8 minutes. That means they’re shaking their own etch-a-sketch for the last 3 minutes.

Read more at cnn.com