The average length of time people actually have sex for has been revealed

EVER wondered how long people really take having sex and if your length is “normal?”

Scientists asked 500 couples around the world to use a stopwatch to calculate the time it takes to reach ejaculation… and the results are in.

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asked couples to press “start” at penile penetration and “stop” at ejaculation, for each time they had sex over a four-week period.

And the time it took for lovers to hit the sweet spot varied hugely.

The average time it took for each couple to orgasm ranged from 33 seconds to 44 minutes.

But across all of the couples, the average love-making session was 5.4 minutes.

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Interestingly, wearing a condom had little effect on the time and this was the same for men who were circumcised.

This challenged some conventional wisdom regarding penile sensitivity and its relationship to staying power in the sack.

And it didn’t seem to matter which country the couples were from either – unless it was Turkey.

Turkish couples typically lasted for 3.7 minutes less than those from countries such as Netherlands, Spain, the UK, and the United States.

Age also had an effect, with older people tending to get there faster too.

Before you compare yourself fully to the data, it is important to note that it can be hard to measure an accurate ejaculation time during sex.

Study participants are likely to exaggerate their time estimates, due to wanting to appear like they can last longer in the moment.

And each couple is different when it comes to preferring foreplay and penetrative sex.

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But what’s the point of trying to lengthen thrusting if you can reach the goal line in record time?

Aside from it being fun, there could be an evolutionary benefit to a longer session.

In 2003, researchers found, using artificial vaginas, artificial penises, and artificial sperm (corn syrup), that the ridge around the penis head actually scoops out pre-existing syrup from the vagina.

The study suggested that repeated thrusting could help to displace other men’s semen before they ejaculate, giving their own sperm a better chance of reaching an egg.

It could also explain why some men find it uncomfortable or painful to continue thrusting after ejaculating, as it could risk scooping their own semen too.

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