I’m guessing that a survey of 50 sex therapists may not be a rock solid foundation on which to base a conclusion that the “optimal time” for sexual satisfaction is 3 to 13 minutes of intercourse.

And when you think about it, that’s a pretty big range.

According to a story by the Associated Press, those are the findings will be published in the May issue of the Journal of Sexual Medicine. The research was conducted by a psychology professor at Penn State Erie, the Behrend College in Pennsylvania.

In fact, endurance is not the problem, according to a study that the Journal carried in its April issue. Researchers reported on the results of the Global Better Sex Survey. (True fact.) They talked to more than 12,000 people — half men and half women — from around the world to ask them about their “aspirations and unmet needs.” They found that all aspects of sex — foreplay, intercourse, attraction, orgasm — were important to both sexes. But nearly half of the men reported some problems with erectile dysfunction, and more than half (63) percent of the women were unhappy about it, too. Though 74 percent of men said they were willing to take medication to improve it, only 7 percent said they were using it.

Conclusion: Erectile dysfunction around the world is the most pressing concern among men. And women, too.

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