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EXCERPT: It’s common for both young boys and young girls to think that intercourse should last a long time, according to Tore Holte Follestad. He heads the Norwegian Society for Clinical Sexology (NFKS) and is the assistant general manager at the Sex and Society clinic in Oslo. This is where young people come to get help with their sexual health. [...] “A lot of girls experience pain and discomfort and wonder what to do. But if you have an hour of intercourse, it's no wonder you hurt,” says Follestad.

In a Norwegian study published in the Journal of Public Health in 2009, 27 percent of men reported having premature ejaculation problems, including more younger than older men. Perhaps some men have a misperception of what is normal and necessary? “Yes, absolutely,” says Finnish psychologist and sexual therapist Patrick Jern. He heads the Department of Psychology at the University of Turku and researches premature ejaculation.

[...] Follestad sometimes tells young patients that it is common for intercourse to last only three to five minutes. He finds that a lot of people are relieved to hear that.

But he acknowledges that statistics that measure how long it takes for men to reach orgasm with penetration can be misleading, and that they don't reveal anything about how the partner was doing and what might have happened before and after sex. “Intercourse lasts for three to five minutes – but for whom?” Follestad asks. “A lot of the knowledge revolves around the man's performance in bed,” he says.

He says that girls who come to the Sex and Society clinic often ask: How do I manage to have an orgasm when I can't even fit my finger in my vagina? And one question guys might raise is: We had sex for a really long time, but she didn't orgasm even though my penis is big enough.

He believes a lot of people get the impression from porn that men should have a perpetual giant erection. But the fact that this myth is allowed to survive also has to do with the fact that as a society we’re not very good at talking about sex.

“I think that stimulating the clitoris in the context of intercourse is something people aren’t aware enough of – not in sex education, in porn, or in communication in general. Too many people don’t know enough, or anything, about how important the clitoris is for good feelings and orgasms,” says Follestad.

Sexual pleasure is a very important motivation for women to have sex, and most women in relationships find it important to have an orgasm when having sex, according to a Finnish study published in Socioaffective Neuroscience and Psychology in 2016. [...] Thinking that women can have an orgasm without stimulating the clitoris is like thinking that men should be able to have an orgasm without touching the penis, according to British sexologist Karen Gurney, who authored the book Mind The Gap.

Often what is measured in research is how long penetration itself lasts. And the end point of the sex act is set at the end of penetration. “My personal opinion is that of course it’s absurd to focus exclusively on when penetration begins and ends,” Jern says... (MORE - details)
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