To some this is trivial news, to others it is certainly not.
My excuse is that the news comes from the Prime Minister's Office. :)

(AGI) - Berlin, October 12 - Italians have not an high number of performances, but they win the first price in quality.

This is the result of the yearly research led by 'Durex' firm, that produces condoms, in 41 countries in the world.

French men have the highest number of intercourses (137 times) followed by Greeks (133), Serbians, Hungarians (131). Italian men are placed at the fifth place, with 108 intercourses every year, still over the medium average, that is 103. Japanese men are at the last place, 46 intercourses.

Checking the number of orgasms that women got, Italian women are placed at the first place, 61 pct of Italian women are satisfied. Spanish women are less lucky (47 pct), British women (35 pct), German women (34 pct) and French women (32 pct). Then there are Finnish women (24 pct), Indians (21 pct) and Chinese women (19 pct).

So, they rely on props. Just 10 pct of Italian women have a vibrator, but 49 pct of British women have one, 43 pct of American women, 27 pct of Germans and 20 pct of French women.

Italian couples are at the 13th place for the attention they give to preliminaries, 20.1 minutes. British couples are at the first place(22,5'), followed by Germans (22,2') and Irish(21,8'). Asiatic couples are at the last places, Singapore 16', Vietnam 15,2', Hong Kong 14,2' Thailand 11,5'.

Scandinavians do not use condoms very much: Sweden and Danish 64 pct, South Africans, Norwegians and Japanese men 58 pct, Italian men 38 pct, German men 27 pct, Spanish men 26. The medium world average is 35 pct. (AGI).

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