Given the male-oriented rules under which we live, it is usually the man who gets the action going when he’s ready. Almost conspiratorially, women go along with this idea, perpetuating the myth of man as the lusty beast who must half-coax, half-wrestle his powerless, shy maiden into bed. In her heart, every woman knows how incomplete this picture is.
It doesn’t take into account the times when she’s lusty as hell, and he’s a hundred miles away, or times when he’s panting like a bull, and she has a roast in the oven, the children to pick up in an hour, or simply her mind on other things . . . .
The problem is further complicated by the medically documented fact that physiologically men usually reach climax sooner than women. So not only is he mentally ready for sex long before he’s made you aware of his intentions but his
