# Actual Intercourse - Not including foreplay and afterplay

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-intercourse-not-including-foreplay-and-afterplay/436035>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 3, 2008, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-intercourse-not-including-foreplay-and-afterplay/436035 "2008-02-03T00:02:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-intercourse-not-including-foreplay-and-afterplay/436035/1 "2008-02-03T00:02:50Z")

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What is good amount of time for actual intercourse?

I say 13 minutes. 18 max.

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**Author:** ![Rascal\_s\_Mom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a698b9/32.png) [@Rascal\_s\_Mom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rascal_s_Mom)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-intercourse-not-including-foreplay-and-afterplay/436035/2 "2008-02-03T00:06:13Z")

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Oh brother. Pass.

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**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-intercourse-not-including-foreplay-and-afterplay/436035/3 "2008-02-03T00:13:49Z")

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Just speaking as a guy, here, I’d say anything over one second is ‘good’, and anything over, say, twenty minutes or so, one risks losing, er, enthusiasm.

I’m afraid, however, I don’t see the point of this thread.

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**Author:** ![Rascal\_s\_Mom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a698b9/32.png) [@Rascal\_s\_Mom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rascal_s_Mom)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-intercourse-not-including-foreplay-and-afterplay/436035/4 "2008-02-03T00:16:36Z")

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That seems to be his theme. No point. He has a thread going somewhere where he asks if he should join the SDMB. I just joined today and don’t know how to insert a link, but it shouldn’t be too hard to find.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-intercourse-not-including-foreplay-and-afterplay/436035/5 "2008-02-03T00:28:41Z")

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Mundane and pointless…but not worth the effort to transfer to another forum.  
Closing thread.