7 minutes or 13!!!

My then (not sure about now) virgin (i wasn't sure then either) friend once (jokingly) described his disinterest in sex (is why i assumed he was virgin or he was too bored already) describing the act as "7 minutes of pleasure". Yesterday i ran into a Times of India report that gave us Indians a little more credit than he ever did. Maybe his conclusion/theory/funda was based on past (s)experiences.Times of India lists a global survey which says.."In India, Sex is a 13 minute affair".

Here goes the report courtesy TOI:

Maybe it’s time to think of a Hindi translation for ‘wham bam, thank you ma’am!’. A new global sex survey reveals that when it comes to time devoted to the sexual act, Indians get done the fastest averaging just 13 minutes, foreplay and all. The global average is a good five minutes longer, at 18 minutes. Nigerians, on the other hand, take a leisurely 24 minutes on every sexual encounter. That’s probably why they top the global satisfaction stakes, with 67% of the population feeling ekdum pleased with the act. India still comes third with 61% of respondents saying they are fully satisfied with their sex lives. The Japanese, at 15%, come across as the least fulfilled nation. These and other interesting tidbits were revealed in the Durex Global Sexual Wellbeing Survey that questioned more than 26,000 people across 26 countries about every aspect of their sex lives, in a bid to comprehensively chart what constitutes sexual well being. The study reveals that Indians are among the most prolific lovers, having sex 130 times a year on average. That’s considerably more than the global average of 103. The Greeks, at 164 times a year, lead the most amorous lives (really making their good looks count). Brazilians (145 times) clock in next, followed by the Poles and the Russians (both 143). Sexologist Prakash Kothari is not surprised with the survey’s 13-minute finding on India. Most Indian men use their wives as sleeping pills. They have never devoted enough time to foreplay, or the act itself. Early climax (premature ejaculation) is a more common disorder than erectile dysfunction (impotence) in Indian men,he says. Not surprisingly, only 26% of Indian women report a regular orgasm (as opposed to 55% of the males). Yet, two-thirds of Indian women say they are satisfied with their sex lives, compared to 58% of men. Almost half of all Indians (47%) crave for more love and romance in their lives.

Maybe those 7 minutes contributed to the low Indian average .. lol