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How Long Should Sex Last? The Shocking Truth!
Episode 2716th May 2025 • Sexual Health For Men • Dr. Anne Truong
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Tired of wondering if your intimate moments are "normal"? Let's be honest, that little voice in your head asking "is this it?" can be a real mood killer.

Forget everything you think you know about how long sex should last. In this podcast episode I drop some truth bombs that will change the way you think about intimacy forever. We're diving deep into the surprising science behind sexual duration, busting myths, and revealing the real keys to mind-blowing connection that have absolutely nothing to do with a stopwatch.

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This podcast is for you, the Modern Man. I'm Dr Anne Truong,

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your host. I'm an intimate health medical doctor and best

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selling author of the book, Erectile Dysfunction Fix. I'll

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do a deep dive into sexual health and performance and how

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it affects men of all ages and backgrounds. So let's get

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started, and be sure to visit my website at

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sexualhealthformenpodcast.com for more information and

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resources from the show. See you on the inside.

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Hello there, Modern Man. I'm Dr Anne Truong. I'm a sexual health

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specialist, medical doctor for 25 years, who treated over 7000

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men. In today's episode, we're going to talk about most common

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question any man or woman will ask, how long does sex usually

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last? Everybody has an opinion about this, so I'm just going to

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show you what is in the research, and then you can make

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your opinion from there. So this is not anything that is

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concrete. This is individualized. This is just

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something to start conversation with.

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Study consistently show that the duration of penetrative vaginal

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intercourse varies widely, but most research point to an

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average range of 3 to 7 minutes per session. This figure is

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based on the time from vaginal penetration to ejaculation,

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often referred to as intravaginal ejaculation latency

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time or IELT, that is the only the time it doesn't account for

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foreplay, doesn't account for anything else. So what's

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considered adequate or normal? 3 to 7 minutes. Too short, 1 to 2

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minutes. Desirable, 7 to 13 minutes too long, maybe 10 to 30

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minutes, because it may cause some discomfort for some. Now,

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these categories come from a survey of sex therapists and

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studies involving hundreds of couple using stopwatch to time

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intercourse. And the range is broad, some session lasting as

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little as 33 seconds to other lasting 44 minutes, but on

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average, remains about 5 to 7 minutes.

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Now I want to say that there are multiple factors affecting

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duration. Number one, definition of sex. Most studies only

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measure penile, vagina, intercourse, foreplay, oral sex

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or other activities are not included in the averages. Number

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two, individual and couple variability, such as age, health

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status, relationship status and personal preferences all play a

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role in how long sex last and what is considered satisfied.

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Number three, partner satisfaction. Satisfaction is

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not strictly linked to duration. Some partner may prefer shorter

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or longer sessions, and communication about preferences

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is really key.

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Now, let's talk about foreplay and total sexual experience.

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When including foreplay and other sexual activity, the total

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duration of a sexual encounter can range from 20 to 60 minutes

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or more, depending on the couple. However, the actual time

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spent in penetrative intercourse remain much shorter, like I

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discussed before.

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So in reality, the key takeaway is this, there is no single

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normal duration for sex. Let me say that again, no single normal

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duration for sex. Most penetrative vaginal intercourse

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lasts about 3 to 7 minutes, and note, but satisfaction depends

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on individual and partner preferences, not the clock. So I

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just wanted to present that, because it's the most common

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question people ask, and it's kind of like those questions you

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want to ask when you're embarrassed to ask. Well, I kind

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of state the fact and the research, but there is a wide

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range of variability that I want to stress again, there is no

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single normal duration for sex. No judgment here. Everyone is

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individualized. So the duration of sex does not mean

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satisfaction in any sense of the word.

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So I hope you find this interesting and good

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conversation, and everybody has an opinion on this. So let me

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know what your thoughts are. I just wanted to have an open

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conversation and just know that you can have sexual longevity.

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So, having said that, it will mean the world to me if you can

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notify subscribe to the channel and share this with somebody

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that you care about. Just know, do not suffer in silence. There

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are alternative to ED besides medication and surgery and that

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you will not be alone. Let's work on this together. See you

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in the next episode.

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Okay, Modern Man, you are not alone and you don't have to

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suffer anymore. ED can feel isolating, frustrating, and even

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defeating. The endless guessing, the quiet shame, the weight of

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truth, you are not broken. You are not alone. You don't have to

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figure this out alone anymore. The Get Wood Now Boost Program

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is your step by step, path to sexual confidence and

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restoration. No more suffering in silence, no more trial and

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error, just real solution, real result and the confidence you

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deserve. It's time to take back your power on your term. Let's

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get this journey started together. Check out the course

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at getwoodnow.com. I'll see you there.

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Thanks for listening to the Sexual Health for Men Podcast.

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