Men usually take only two minutes to come during sex. Who reached this conclusion was one of the greatest experts on the subject, the American biologist Alfred Kinsey. In the 1940s, Kinsey studied the sexual behavior of 18,000 couples (the largest number to date) and made a bunch of statistics about the fuss. According to Kinsey, 75% of men reach orgasm after two minutes of intercourse. Women, on the other hand, take four minutes to enjoy masturbation – and 10 to 20 minutes during sex. The explanation for the difference in time to get there is not in hormones or anatomy. It’s more a question of culture. “In Western civilization, there is a very high demand on human performance. This generates anxiety and ends up making him ejaculate faster”, says andrologist (male sexuality specialist) Roberto Vaz Juliano, from the Faculdade de Medicina do ABC. To postpone ejaculation, the tip is to control anxiety and not care so much about sexual performance. The good news is that quickies tend to decrease with age. “Over time, ejaculation tends to take longer, as well as the time a man takes between ejaculation and a new erection,” says Roberto. Women lose out in terms of speed, but they have some compensation: even taking longer to get excited, they have more intense orgasms and can have the famous multiple orgasms.
