According to "She Comes First", which I picked up a few years ago due to the suggestion of some folks in this forum, premature ejaculation is simply finishing too quickly for your own tastes. Thus you could be "premature" even if you have sex for hours and hours, if you wanted to go for days.
The thing is, the average man only lasts about 6-8 minutes, while women on average need around 15 minutes to climax* (rough estimate, haven't read the book in a while). You can tilt the odds in your favor heavily by involving copious amounts of foreplay, which is the point of the book: if you can't last long while having intercourse, get really darn good at pleasing a lady with other parts of your body.
The book was awesome for me as a college student, because it really gave me the confidence to please my girlfriends over the years, and taught me a ton about the female anatomy and sexual response system. Now, that said... heterosexual intercourse is a huge deal in the culture of young (18-30) Americans, and intercourse is glorified. My most recent girlfriend (and now ex, for non-sexual reasons) was very self-conscious about cunnilingus, and thus my best skills were often not able to be used. She now has a boyfriend who is, I quote "very large" and able to "last for an hour, then go again within 10 minutes."
And I sit there thinking two things:
1. Why the f*ck do I learn WAY too much info about my exes?
2. How the f*ck does that lucky ******* do it?
So I'm wondering if there is a non-medical, dare I say it, "training" or "conditioning" that you can undergo to increase the length of sexual activity. For example, I know that ************ is counter-productive because it's self-focused and you only aim to please yourself, which doesn't let you take your partner's responses into account. I have heard bizarre stories about tantric sex glorified by Sting, but that sounds more like mood alteration or self-hypnosis. We've all seen commercials or spam mail for the newest and greatest pill, but those seem highly... dubious.
So, 'fess up, anyone have some secrets to lasting longer? Inquiring minds want to know!
*Edit: These figures, I believe, are constant movement. Starting and stopping every time the guy gets close really throws off the girl in my experience and makes that counter reset itself.
Edited, Jul 13th 2009 8:50am by LockeColeMA