Newspaper: Courier mail (couriermail.com.au)

Title: Baby, I'm going to rock your world for 13 minutes at most
Author: Tamara LcLean

The best sex should last between seven and 13 minutes, and even three-minute sex is "adequate", a major survey of US experts has concluded.

But Australian sex therapists commenting on the new research say most men Down Under wanted it to last considerably longer while most women were "not bothered" if it finished quickly.

The sex study is the first to review what the experts believe is the ideal length of time to have penetrative sex, with the random sample of Americans and Canadians labelling seven to 13 minutes most "desirable".

Intercourse lasting between three and seven minutes were deemed "adequate", but anything less was "too short" and beyond 13 minutes was "too long".

The study, published yesterday in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, is designed to help calm couples' unrealistic beliefs that healthy sex should last a long time.
Dr Jane Howard, a Brisbane-based medical sex therapist, said most Australian women would be happy with the study's "adequate" time of three to seven minutes, while men would not.

"Usually women are quite happy with short intercourse, and are not bothered about prolonging it at all, but nearly all men want it to be much, much longer," she said

She said it was important not to obsess over the length of intercourse, with time often suspended during the act anyway.

"I mean really, who's counting?"