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Duration of sexual intercourse related to satisfaction: survey of Japanese married couples
Koichi Nakajima1, Koichi Nagao1, Toshihiro Tai1
1Department of Urology Toho University School of Medicine 6-11-1 Omori-Nishi, Ota-ku 143-8541 Tokyo Japan.
Purpose:
Inappropriate intromission time causes sexual problems for couples, and therefore it is important for the couple to set treatment targets.
Methods:
We investigated appropriate intromission times by conducting a questionnaire survey of the interval from initiation of insertion to just before ejaculation in Japanese married couples. A questionnaire survey of 300 married couples was conducted by mail.
Results:
The estimated mean intromission times were 14.5 min (median: 10 min) for male subjects and 13.6 min (median: 10 min) for female subjects. The mean desired intromission time for female subjects was 15.7 min (median: 15 min). Regarding the difference between the actual and desired intromission times, the desired time was longer, the same, and shorter for 43.0%, 38.7%, and 18.3% of all the female subjects.
Conclusions:
It seems that female subjects may consider a wide variety of intravaginal insertion times to be desirable. Accordingly, married couples need to improve communication regarding the desired duration of intromission and other related issues.
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