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Quiz time – answer 5 – Family Planning Association

Lesson 1: Penis pressure

Quiz time – answer 5

Question

  • How long do people have sex for?

Answer

  • The average time couples have penetrative sex is about 5 minutes.
  • But every couple is different and will have sex for different amounts of time – it’s all about what actually feels good for the two people involved.
  • Reports of how long sex lasted ranged from 33 seconds to 44 minutes, with the average being 5.4 minutes.

These studies only discussed this with heterosexual couples and only focussed on the time taken until male ejaculation.