Five Shocking Stats About Men and Sex

From PsychologyToday.com comes this “shocking” report on collected research from five areas of men’s sexual health. (I would say more “interesting” than shocking, but hype sells.) Here are some of the highlights. (You can read the full story here.)

In terms of guys having “sex on the brain”, where the prevailing belief has been that men think about sex about every seven seconds, their research says it’s not true. According to the Kinsey Report (Sexual Behavior in the Human Male), 43 percent of us only think about sex a few times a week or a few times a month, and 4 percent have it cross their minds less than once a month. (I believe the technical term for that is “Married Man”.)

Sitcoms may be right. A sex-starved man married to a disinterested wife may not be a plot-line created just for cheap laughs. According to the article, “As it turns out, the instant a woman enters a secure relationship, her sex drive begins to plummet.” (Especially if she’s married to Jim Belushi.)

On how we “measure up”: the Psychology Today report found that there is no clear or reliable figure for the average length of our “little buddy”. However, the Journal of Urology puts the average at 5.08 inches, and the International Journal of Impotence Research puts it at 5.35 inches. (The only time you’d be better off choosing Impotence.)

And once we are having sex, how long do we “perform”? Their surveys showed that the average sex session lasts from three to ten minutes. That’s with a partner. Without? According to the story, “the average hotel porn viewer watches for just 12 minutes.” (Of course. I have an early meeting in the morning.)

Full story here.