A normal duration of sexual intercourse

Question:

My husband can last in bed for only two minutes, is it normal?

Answer:

A lot of people turn to me with a similar question, yet giving the exact answer to the question is quite difficult as no single “normal” duration of the sexual intercourse is stated. Different scientists have different opinions on this matter. The American Urology Care Foundation, for example, doesn’t give any exact timing of the ejaculation, which may be called premature. They say that if both partners are satisfied with the duration of their intercourse, it may be called “normal” regardless of the duration.

However, the International Society for Sexual Medicine has another point of view. A “normal” sexual intercourse should last more than one minute after the penetration. Hence, two minutes that your husband can last are absolutely normal here.

An average duration of coitus

According to the survey involving 500 couples, on average sexual intercourse (meaning the time after the penetration to ejaculation) lasts 5.4 minutes. Foreplay is not taken into account, only the frictions period.

In some countries, this figure may be different, like in Turkey – 3.7minutes, yet on the whole, “normal” intercourse lasts from 3 to 8 minutes.

Ways of prolonging sexual activity

In case you are not satisfied with the speediness of your husband’s ejaculation, you may try several methods to make him last longer:

• Use special cooling condoms. They are lubricated with an anesthetic from the inside. Thanks to this, the sensitivity of the penis gets lower thus helping to postpone the ejaculation.
• Squeeze Technique. When your partner feels that the ejaculation is close, squeeze the head of the penis in the area where it joins the shaft. Hold it tight until the need to ejaculate goes away.
• Masturbation before the intercourse. The first ejaculation usually comes faster than the second or the third. That’s why masturbating before the anticipated sex may help the duration of the coitus.

Hope you’ll find the method, which would be convenient and effective for both you and your husband.