To the Editor: We all privately seek statistics that enable us to put ourselves in perspective (even if we keep the results to ourselves!), but I am now unsure where my sexual performance stands.1 On the one hand, I am told premature ejaculation affects at least one, and from time to time two, of every three males (is that the < 2 minutes version?), and on the other that there is a skewed distribution with a median of 5.4 minutes and a range of 0.55–44.1 minutes. I’m impressed by the aerobic fitness, never mind the sex.
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- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide, SA.
Correspondence: dignam.paul@saugov.sa.gov.au
- 1. Palmer NR, Stuckey BGA. Premature ejaculation: a clinical update. Med J Aust 2008; 188: 662-666. <MJA full text>
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