Sexual Repertoire, Duration of Partnered Sex, Sexual Pleasure, and Orgasm: Findings from a US Nationally Representative Survey of Adults

What comes together wires together – Gender Differences in Sexual Function and Satisfaction depending on when People believe Sexual Intercourse ends and Orgasm Latency in a Chilean Sample

“…Thus, on the one hand, our results indicate that a 'too short' OL was associated with a poor SS with 'oral sex,' 'vaginal sex,' and 'sexual communication' amongst women (Corty & Guardiani, 2008), likely due to SI encounters that are not long enough to reach orgasm, or be su ciently pleasant (Bhat & Shastry, 2020;Rowland et al, 2018), likely affecting sexual communication between women and their partner (Mallory, 2022). On the other hand, men's lowest SS with 'oral sex' was associated with an OL of 1-5 min., and meaningfully lower when compared with an OL of > 20 min., indicating that a rather long duration of SI is often desired by men (Herbenick et al, 2023). In explaining these ndings, Herbenick et al (2023) showed that, while men and women do not differ in their actual SI duration, men's desired SI duration was 5.5 min longer than women's.…”

“…On the other hand, men's lowest SS with 'oral sex' was associated with an OL of 1-5 min., and meaningfully lower when compared with an OL of > 20 min., indicating that a rather long duration of SI is often desired by men (Herbenick et al, 2023). In explaining these ndings, Herbenick et al (2023) showed that, while men and women do not differ in their actual SI duration, men's desired SI duration was 5.5 min longer than women's. Meanwhile, people who experience their desired SI duration report a higher quality of sexual life than those who desire either a 'longer' or 'shorter' SI duration (Nagao et al, 2014), while those who experience di culties achieving orgasm during SI tend to experience a lesser SS with their relationship (Rowland et al, 2018).…”

“…The 'actual' SI duration is also different from 'ideal' duration. Using a nationally representative sample of 2525 adults from the US, Herbenick et al (2023) showed that the self-reported average SI duration did not differ between men (24.8 min) and women (24.1 min), yet the ideal SI duration was greater in men (32.9 min.) than in women (27.4 min).…”