A study of more than 2300 women has shown that foreplay doesn’t do much for a woman’s overall enjoyment of sex, intercourse itself is what really matters.
The study by the Journal of Sexual Medicine questioned a sample of 2,360 Czech women of all ages about their sex lives, including orgasmic consistency with a partner and estimated durations of foreplay and intercourse.
The researchers found that the length of sexual intercourse - 16.2 minutes on average – was considerably more important for a woman’s sexual enjoyment than foreplay which took an average of 15.4 minutes.
The surprising conclusion over the insignificant role of foreplay in the bedroom suggests that sex therapists and similar specialists have been incorrect in emphasising the importance of foreplay.
The researchers, Professor Stuart Brody of the University of the West of Scotland, and Professor Peter Weiss, from Charles University, Prague said that “more attention should be given to improve the quality and duration of intercourse rather than foreplay."
The professors found that foreplay was not a significant factor in the frequency of orgasm in women. They concluded that a woman’s orgasm was dependant on the act of intercourse itself - the longer intercourse lasted, the higher the probability of orgasm.
American studies run at the same time found that the average length of intercourse was about 7 minutes, less than half the 16.2 minute average, suggesting to researchers that Europeans are better in bed.
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