Good sexual intercourse lasts minutes, not hours, therapists say Good sexual intercourse lasts minutes, not hours, therapists saySatisfactory sexual intercourse for couples lasts from 3 to 13 minutes, contrary to popular fantasy about the need for hours of sexual activity, according to a survey of U.S. and Canadian sex therapists.
Penn State Erie researchers Eric Corty and Jenay Guardiani conducted a survey of 50 full members of the Society for Sex Therapy and Research, which include psychologists, physicians, social workers, marriage/family therapists and nurses who have collectively seen thousands of patients over several decades.
Thirty-four, or 68 percent, of the group responded and rated a range of time amounts for sexual intercourse, from penetration of the vagina by the penis until ejaculation, that they considered adequate, desirable, too short and too long.
The average therapists’ responses defined the ranges of intercourse activity times: "adequate," from 3-7 minutes; "desirable," from 7-13 minutes; "too short" from 1-2 minutes; and "too long" from 10-30 minutes.
"A man’s or woman’s interpretation of his or her sexual functioning as well as the partner’s relies on personal beliefs developed in part from society’s messages, formal and informal," the researchers said. "Unfortunately, today’s popular culture has reinforced stereotypes about sexual activity. Many men and women seem to believe the fantasy model of large penises, rock-hard erections and all-night-long intercourse. "
Past research has found that a large percentage of men and women, who responded, wanted sex to last 30 minutes or longer.
"This seems a situation ripe for disappointment and dissatisfaction," said lead author Eric Corty, associate professor of psychology. "With this survey, we hope to dispel such fantasies and encourage men and women with realistic data about acceptable sexual intercourse, thus preventing sexual disappointments and dysfunctions."
Corty and Guardiani, then-undergraduate student and now a University graduate, are publishing their findings in the May issue of the Journal of Sexual Medicine, but the article is currently available online.
The survey’s research also has implications for treatment of people with existing sexual problems.
"If a patient is concerned about how long intercourse should last, these data can help shift the patient away from a concern about physical disorders and to be initially treated with counseling, instead of medicine," Corty noted.
***And the RNG Excellence in Journalism Awards went to...
Award-winners vindicate our faith that journalism is an act of character, said Express chairman, MD, Viveck Goenka
The award winners with President Kalam and Viveck Goenka, chairman and managing director, the Express Group.
In Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, an AIDS orphan tells his story in his own words; in Kashmir, earthquake victims struggle to rebuild their lives and elsewhere, a group of Dalit government officers dream of finding a place in urban India. These were among the stories that deserved to be told — and once they were, they were celebrated and rewarded by President A P J Abdul Kalam at the second Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards, the biggest media awards in India this evening.
The award-winning stories came in from all parts of India, in all languages: from the HIV battleground of Sangli in Maharashtra to the heart of hatred and fear in Gujarat to the refugee camps in Lower Assam. Reporters worked against all odds to bring to the nation stories of resilience in Kashmir, sent dispatches from the Naxal heartland and captured the plight of scavengers in West Bengal. And occasionally, they let the people tell their own story.
From these stories across the country to the corridors of the national government is a long way but excellence brought both together when Ritu Sarin of The Indian Express won the Journalist of the Year (Print) for her series of investigative stories on the CBI’s lapses, the Bofors trail, the breach in the national security establishment and the allegations in the Paul Volcker report. Rajdeep Sardesai of CNN-IBN was judged the Journalist of the Year (Broadcast) for spearheading the coverage of all major news events of the year and giving a distinct edge to a new news channel with sharp reportage on political events. Both these awards carried a prize money of Rs 2.5 lakh each.
Instituted last year, the Ramnath Goenka Awards for excellence in journalism have set a much-needed benchmark for journalism in India. As Viveck Goenka, chairman of the Ramnath Goenka Foundation and Chairman and Managing Director of The Indian Express Group, pointed out, “There is a ceaseless deluge of information on the internet: of news, views, and more commonly, views as news. It’s here that good journalists have to step in with their compasses and their searchlights. That’s why never before has there been a more pressing need for the media to build public trust and credibility.”
All the prize-winning reports today, he added, fulfilled this trust. These were stories that would never have been told had these reporters not gone after them. The award for Uncovering India Invisible (print) went to The Indian Express’s Vivek Deshpande for his reports from the Naxal belt and to Nilanjana Bose of CNN-IBN for her report on AIDS orphans.
In all, 24 awards were given to stories that met the highest standards of journalism. “The fact that none of last year’s winners were repeated this year is a compliment to the profession and says that is in safe hands,” said The Indian Express Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta.
This year, four new awards were introduced. Recognising the role the media can play to increase awareness and overcome prejudices on HIV/AIDS, the Ramnath Goenka Memorial Foundation in association with USAID, Avert Society and Health Communication Partnership/Johns Hopkins University, presented two awards for excellence in HIV/AIDS reporting. This year, the winners were Loksatta’s Shekhar Vasant Deshmukh (Marathi) and Sadhna Mohan (English) of AIDS Buzz.
Two books in The Indian Express Group Book Series were also launched at the function: India Empowered, a collection of articles by leaders from various fields written for a special series published by the newspaper and The Prize Stories, a book on the reports that won the awards last year.
The event was attended among others by BJP leaders L K Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Ravi Shankar Prasad, Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit, civil aviation minister Praful Patel, minister for petroleum and gas Murli Deora, minister for science and technology Kapil Sibal, minister of state (PMO) Prithviraj Chavan, CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury, MPs Rajeev Shukla, Sachin Pilot, Naveen Jindal and Sandeep Dikshit, Infosys chairman N.R. Narayanamurthy, former ONGC chairman Subir Raha, senior SC lawyer Fali Nariman, economist Meghnad Desai, former editor of The Indian Express Arun Shourie and filmmaker Shyam Benegal.
The awards given, it was the President’s turn to receive a memento: two photographs of him taken by Express photographer Praveen Jain, one the day before he took charge as President, the other his chariot ride.
Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards 2006-2007:
• Journalist of the Year (Print): Ritu Sarin, The Indian Express
• Journalist of the Year (Broadcast): Rajdeep Sardesai, CNN-IBN
• Reporting on HIV/AIDS (Print), Marathi: Shekhar Vasant Deshmukh, Loksatta
• Reporting on HIV/AIDS (Print, English): Sadhna Mohan, AIDS Buzz
• Journalism Award for Books (Nonfiction): Dionne Bunsha, Frontline
• Films and Television (Print): Mayank Shekhar, Mumbai Mirror
• Business and Economic Journalism (Broadcast): Hiral Sachde and Khusboo Narayan, CNBC
• Foreign Correspondent Covering India (Print): Amelia Gentleman, International Herald Tribune
• Uncovering India Invisible (Broadcast): Nilanjana Bose, CNN-IBN
• Uncovering India Invisible (Print): Vivek Madhao Deshpande, The Indian Express
• Environmental Reporting (Print): Dionne Bunsha, Frontline
• Environmental Reporting (Broadcast): Bahar Dutt, CNN-IBN
• Political Reporting (Broadcast): Rohit Khanna, CNN
• Political Reporting (Print): Manini Chatterjee, The Indian Express
• Regional Award, Indian Language (Broadcast): MV Nikesh Kumar, Indiavision
• Regional Award, Indian language (Print): Reji Joseph, Rashtra Deepika
• Regional Award, Northeast (Broadcast): Kishalay Bhattacharjee, NDTV
• Regional Award, Northeast (Print): David Buhril, Northeast Sun
• Regional Award, Jammu and Kashmir (Broadcast): Zaffar Iqbal, NDTV
• Regional Award, Jammu and Kashmir (Print): Syed Nazakat, Sahara Times
• Sports Journalism (Broadcast): Gautam Bhimani, ESPN/Star Sports
• Sports Journalism (Print): Shivani Naik, The Indian Express
• Regional Award, Hindi (Broadcast): Ravish Kumar, NDTV
• Regional Award, Hindi (Print): Bhasha Singh, Outlook Saptahik
mahesh
dynamic looks
prince history
Mahesh Babu started out his movie career as a child actor in his father's films before making his debut as a Hero.
Mahesh Babu Debuted with Rajakumarudu in telugu Industry as a Hero.The movie co-starred Preity Zinta who played the heroes romantic interest. The movie received good response at the box office.
His 2nd movie was Yuvaraju ,Sakshi sivanand and Simran were cast opposite Mahesh, The movie failed to make an impact and considered Flop at the box office.
His 3rd Movie was Vamsi co-starring Namratha Shirodkar whom he married later on. The movie also featured his father Krishna in a pivotal role. The movie didn't do well at box office and was declared a Flop.
His 4th Movie Murari directed by Krishna Vamsi and co-starring Sonali Bendre provided him the much needed breakthrough. Movie was declared as HIT & the music was an instant hit and it proved Mahesh's ability as an actor.
His 5th and the first Cowboy Movie in his generation was Takkari Donga . Despite heavy expectations the movie did average collections and considered as Flop at the box office.
His 6th Movie was Bobby With arti agarwal as a Heroine and Directed By shoban was a Flop
His 7th Movie was what all His Fans were lookin for Okkadu .This Movie directed by gunasekhar was a Blockbuster and remained the best film till then, With this movie Mahesh became one among the young top heroes of telugu industry
His 8th movie was Nijam , Though the Movie Didn't do well at the Box office and was declared a Flop - it was applauded by the movie critics and Mahesh Won the Nandi Award for Best Actor for this film.
His 9th Movie was Naani , Directed By surya. Mahesh always tried Novelty in his films and this time he did a Experiment with a Different Story of science fiction which resulted as a Flop, this movie did not do well at the box office but the audio was a big hit.
His 10th Movie was Arjun Directed By gunasekhar, this is a Family movie which was Average to above average flick
His 11th Movie was Athadu Directed By Trivikram srinivas this was a Huge Hit in southindia and Overseas. the Music added to the Success of the Story. The Movie's screenplay was Critically acclaimed as best till date that time. Mahesh Won the Nandi Award for Best Actor for this film. He Did it again for the second time.
His 12th movie was Pokiri is a BlockBuster, Undoubtedly the Highest grosser in the History of telugu Cinema in India as well as Overseas Till Date. This is the Film that has been watched by film People from Bollywood,Kollywood Like Amitabh Bachchan , Abhishek Bachchan, Joseph Vijay Etc. His performance was applauded by even Ram Gopal Varma and Amitabh Bachchan.[3] Mahesh's potential attracted Different Media giants like UTV to come to Telugu Industry. Now Pokiri is also being made in Bollywood under the name Wanted Dead or Alive starring Salman Khan.
His 13th Movie Sainikudu had a tremendous opening but failed to live up to expectations and became a Flop at boxoffice. Trisha was starred against him.
His 14th Movie was Athidhi in which he paired with Amrita Rao. After the huge success of Pokiri, its been highly difficult to Mahesh to match the expectations, and This was a Commercially Successful Movie but Didn't go on a long Run and the result is Flop.
His Next film is Varudu in the direction of Trivikram Srinivas and A Warner Bros- Soundarya Rajnikanth film directed by Puri Jagannadh.
Mahesh Babu Debuted with Rajakumarudu in telugu Industry as a Hero.The movie co-starred Preity Zinta who played the heroes romantic interest. The movie received good response at the box office.
His 2nd movie was Yuvaraju ,Sakshi sivanand and Simran were cast opposite Mahesh, The movie failed to make an impact and considered Flop at the box office.
His 3rd Movie was Vamsi co-starring Namratha Shirodkar whom he married later on. The movie also featured his father Krishna in a pivotal role. The movie didn't do well at box office and was declared a Flop.
His 4th Movie Murari directed by Krishna Vamsi and co-starring Sonali Bendre provided him the much needed breakthrough. Movie was declared as HIT & the music was an instant hit and it proved Mahesh's ability as an actor.
His 5th and the first Cowboy Movie in his generation was Takkari Donga . Despite heavy expectations the movie did average collections and considered as Flop at the box office.
His 6th Movie was Bobby With arti agarwal as a Heroine and Directed By shoban was a Flop
His 7th Movie was what all His Fans were lookin for Okkadu .This Movie directed by gunasekhar was a Blockbuster and remained the best film till then, With this movie Mahesh became one among the young top heroes of telugu industry
His 8th movie was Nijam , Though the Movie Didn't do well at the Box office and was declared a Flop - it was applauded by the movie critics and Mahesh Won the Nandi Award for Best Actor for this film.
His 9th Movie was Naani , Directed By surya. Mahesh always tried Novelty in his films and this time he did a Experiment with a Different Story of science fiction which resulted as a Flop, this movie did not do well at the box office but the audio was a big hit.
His 10th Movie was Arjun Directed By gunasekhar, this is a Family movie which was Average to above average flick
His 11th Movie was Athadu Directed By Trivikram srinivas this was a Huge Hit in southindia and Overseas. the Music added to the Success of the Story. The Movie's screenplay was Critically acclaimed as best till date that time. Mahesh Won the Nandi Award for Best Actor for this film. He Did it again for the second time.
His 12th movie was Pokiri is a BlockBuster, Undoubtedly the Highest grosser in the History of telugu Cinema in India as well as Overseas Till Date. This is the Film that has been watched by film People from Bollywood,Kollywood Like Amitabh Bachchan , Abhishek Bachchan, Joseph Vijay Etc. His performance was applauded by even Ram Gopal Varma and Amitabh Bachchan.[3] Mahesh's potential attracted Different Media giants like UTV to come to Telugu Industry. Now Pokiri is also being made in Bollywood under the name Wanted Dead or Alive starring Salman Khan.
His 13th Movie Sainikudu had a tremendous opening but failed to live up to expectations and became a Flop at boxoffice. Trisha was starred against him.
His 14th Movie was Athidhi in which he paired with Amrita Rao. After the huge success of Pokiri, its been highly difficult to Mahesh to match the expectations, and This was a Commercially Successful Movie but Didn't go on a long Run and the result is Flop.
His Next film is Varudu in the direction of Trivikram Srinivas and A Warner Bros- Soundarya Rajnikanth film directed by Puri Jagannadh.
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