Science Says This Is How Long Foreplay *Actually* Lasts

You came here looking for an answer, and an answer I will give you: Sex should last one hour, 34 minutes, and 22 seconds—the exact runtime of Wayne's World. Shyeah, right! Marathon sex sessions are used as a measurement of just how steamy an evening was. And while quickies can be fun, they should constitute a piece of a balanced sex life—not the whole thing.

Foreplay is traditionally defined as the actually and emotionally intimate acts that two people engage in to turn themselves on before having sexual intercourse. Although these days, the concept of foreplay can seem a little antiquated after that heteronormative as society moves toward a more expansive view of sex after that sexuality. Sex is much more than just penis-in-vagina intercourse. Assuming that all other sexual or intimate activity is just a buildup to the central event of P-in-V intercourse centers the pleasure of people with penises as for people with vaginas, intercourse almost certainly won't make you come and additionally ignores the types of sexual encounters trans and queer people have.