Here’s How Long Great Foreplay Should Last

Women's Health may earn commission from the links on this page, but we only feature products we believe in. Why trust us? The payoff to slowing down: a longer, stronger, more electrifying orgasm Apr 10, Shutterstock When you and your man get together, he's pretty much guaranteed to hit a home run, right? And likely, the sequence of steps involves little more than a few kisses before leaping into intercourse. But by skipping bases, you're not living up to your pleasure potential. Extending foreplay can rev up your arousal and your likelihood of having an orgasm. First Base Focus on making out. With tongue.

Erika W. Smith Photographed by Lula Hyers. One study of straight cis men and women found that both genders wanted, on average, about 20 minutes of foreplay — but were barely getting around 10 minutes. Another analyse , this one from , bring into being that cis women of any sexual orientation were most likely to orgasm if the encounter included deep kissing , manual genital stimulation aka fingering , and oral sex.

Kiss Her, But Kiss Her Right Bodily foreplay is all about passionate affect that may not involve genitalia by all, and kissing is one of the oldest forms of sensual foreplay for women. How you kiss speaks volumes to a woman. If you've managed to get slobber all above her face, you're doing it altogether wrong. If you know what her tonsils taste like, she's probably available to feel violated. If you've chapped her lips from too much pecking, it's a mistake.