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Doctor sparks debate after revealing surprising answer to how long sex lasts on average
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Updated 09:37 8 Oct 2024 GMT+1Published 09:10 8 Oct 2024 GMT+1

Doctor sparks debate after revealing surprising answer to how long sex lasts on average

Men and women tend to have quite a different 'ideal' length

Jess Battison

Jess Battison

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Yeah, you’re an absolute freak in the sheets, you can go for hours and stay up all night.

Except, let’s be honest, you probably can’t. We might like to think we’ve got the stamina and endurance of a marathon runner when we’re having sex, but the reality is a little different.

And a doctor has sparked a debate after revealing the surprising answer to how long sex lasts on average.

Have you ever wondered what the average time between the sheets is? (Getty Stock Image)
Have you ever wondered what the average time between the sheets is? (Getty Stock Image)

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Urologist and sexual health expert Rena Malik shared a YouTube video about the topic as she noted: “What you hear about sex is not always accurate – particularly how long someone lasts in bed.”

So, she presented some ‘true and timed data’ to clear up the bulls**t brags from the truth.

Malik explained she’d used a study based on data of sex between men and women, using the ‘intra-ejaculatory latency time’.

That’s basically just medical speak for the time from penetration to ejaculation.

Dr Malik has cleared up the speculation (YouTube/@RenaMalikMD)
Dr Malik has cleared up the speculation (YouTube/@RenaMalikMD)

She explained on average, men estimate the ideal length is about 16 minutes and believe the actual length is roughly nine minutes.

However, that doesn’t quite match what the study found to be true.

Out of 500 couples around the world who used a stopwatch to track their intra-ejaculatory latency time, the average length was found to be 5.7 minutes.

Quite differently to the men, another poll of 400 women found that the average length of time they desire was 25 minutes.

But hey, quality over quantity I guess.

Just over 5 minutes is the average, apparently (Getty Stock)
Just over 5 minutes is the average, apparently (Getty Stock)

Dr Malik’s video sparked quite the debate in the comments though as many Billy Big Bollockses insisted their length is longer.

One wrote: “Maximum that I’ve lasted was 45 minutes. My average is 10 minutes.”

Another user said: “In my sexual lifetime I've experienced many different times and all depends on various factors that everyone knows by now. Minimum that I've lasted is about 2 minutes.”

Whereas someone joked: “The fact that it’s higher than 27 seconds hurts my feelings.”

Another claims that the ‘most important factor of sex duration is frequency’ while some said the timing ‘depends on how your partner reacts in sex and also the privacy’.

Others added that it ‘depends on the age of the man too’ and depends on ‘who is doing the most work’ but a lot of this is obviously, very subjective.

Whereas many did rightly agree: “It’s not necessarily a matter of duration but of how well quality-time was spent.”

Featured Image Credit: @‌RenaMalikMD via YouTube / Getty Stock Image

Topics: Sex and Relationships, Health

Jess Battison
Jess Battison

Jess is a Senior Journalist with a love of all things pop culture. With a specialism in entertainment, she's covered the updates live at major events from The Brits in London to Disney's D23 in California. Jess covers the latest breaking news stories across the UK and the globe as well as interviewing your favourite faces including the likes of Dwayne Johnson, Stephen Graham, Aubrey Plaza and Chris Hemsworth. She graduated with a first in Journalism from City, University of London in 2021.

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