Comments on: Research in Praise of the Quickie http://www.eharmony.com/labs/blog/2008/08/research-in-praise-of-the-quickie/ Hot Science Blog Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:14:21 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: eharmony discount coupon http://www.eharmony.com/labs/blog/2008/08/research-in-praise-of-the-quickie/comment-page-1/#comment-70354 eharmony discount coupon Sat, 14 Feb 2009 03:55:55 +0000 http://www.eharmony.com/labs/blog/?p=481#comment-70354 10 minutes is generally pretty good. Once a week throw in a half hour session just for fun on a saturday night. I do think there is something conspiratorial and fun about a quickie that should never be discounted. 10 minutes is generally pretty good. Once a week throw in a half hour session just for fun on a saturday night.

I do think there is something conspiratorial and fun about a quickie that should never be discounted.

]]> By: Bob C http://www.eharmony.com/labs/blog/2008/08/research-in-praise-of-the-quickie/comment-page-1/#comment-60641 Bob C Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:30:00 +0000 http://www.eharmony.com/labs/blog/?p=481#comment-60641 I have seen this study mischaracterized in the mainstream media, mostly because they were too timid to specify the definition of intercourse given above. In fact, I would take some issue with the title of the article: while it makes for a good teaser, it does not represent the research here, which explicitly omitted any discussion of foreplay. There was no discussion of how much foreplay accompanied the narrowly-defined act of intercourse whose duration was classified by the researchers. A 'quickie' would include little or no foreplay, and that was not necessarily the case here (we don't know, because that information was not excluded by the study) I do agree with Ms Setrakian's comments on the size of the population in this survey. Hopefully, because these folks have formed their opinion based on years of experience with clients/patients, and we have something of a Delphic effect. A broader survey would certainly be of interest. I would suggest that eHarmony labs conduct such a survey, but eHarmony surveys tend to be of self-selecting populations, and therefore subject to bias. Also, Ms Setrakian makes a point that the female partner's satisfaction is not addressed. That seems to be by design in this study, which seems aimed at counseling men with actual or perceived coital problems. No attention seems to have been paid to whether women partners achieved orgasm before, during, or after, the act of intercourse; apparently because that was outside the goal of the study. This is also deserving of study. I have seen this study mischaracterized in the mainstream media, mostly because they were too timid to specify the definition of intercourse given above. In fact, I would take some issue with the title of the article: while it makes for a good teaser, it does not represent the research here, which explicitly omitted any discussion of foreplay. There was no discussion of how much foreplay accompanied the narrowly-defined act of intercourse whose duration was classified by the researchers. A ‘quickie’ would include little or no foreplay, and that was not necessarily the case here (we don’t know, because that information was not excluded by the study)

I do agree with Ms Setrakian’s comments on the size of the population in this survey. Hopefully, because these folks have formed their opinion based on years of experience with clients/patients, and we have something of a Delphic effect. A broader survey would certainly be of interest. I would suggest that eHarmony labs conduct such a survey, but eHarmony surveys tend to be of self-selecting populations, and therefore subject to bias.

Also, Ms Setrakian makes a point that the female partner’s satisfaction is not addressed. That seems to be by design in this study, which seems aimed at counseling men with actual or perceived coital problems. No attention seems to have been paid to whether women partners achieved orgasm before, during, or after, the act of intercourse; apparently because that was outside the goal of the study. This is also deserving of study.

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