Gear Patrol Protocol Rule #18 - One of the great things with the Gear Patrol Protocol series is the fact that we come across great information from interesting sources. This includes women’s magazines. Take for example, a study reported in Women’s Health (Men’s Health sister magazine). The study reports that according to some sexperts, a man’s start-to-finish time should be 3 to 13 minutes.

Surprising, we know. Your curiosity is undoubtedly piqued at this point so read on to find out how long sex should last.

“Americans have unrealistic expectations of how long sex should last,” says Eric Corty, Ph.D. (amen), who helped conduct a survey of members of the Society for Sex Therapy and Research published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine. “From the perspective of sex therapists, three minutes in the vagina before ejaculation is fine.”

Sex therapists described these average times (from a woman’s perspective) from penetration to ejaculation as:

• What the…? 1–2 minutes
• Ooh, frisky. I like. 3–7 minutes
• Excuse me while I melt. 7–13 minutes
• Dreamy for some, Brillo pad for others. 10–13 minutes
• Seriously, Houston, we’ve got a problem. 10–30 minutes

So, where do you stand?

[via Women's Health]