Do Women Dream the same as Men?
According to various research sources, women usually dream more often than men and can remember them more easily. If a woman is woken up during sleep, 95% of them can tell the storyline of their dreams, whilst around 80% of men can. What’s more, women’s dreams seem to be twice as long as men’s.
Women tend to dream about people they know
Research also shows that women tend to dream about people they know, male or female, and the setting is usually indoors and familiar. That’s why a typical woman’s dream would take place inside her home or workplace and involve family or friends that she interacts with on a regular basis.
Men tend to dream about strangers
Men’s dreams, on the other hand, are usually set outdoors and are generally centered around male characters that are more often than not unfamiliar. The action in these dreams usually involves other males demonstrating an aggressive attitude against the dreamer. So on the whole, men’s dreams are not quite as sweet as the female variety.
Hostile dreams v harmonious ones
While men’s dreams seem more hostile, featuring competition with other men, women are more likely to dream about harmonious relationships with individuals of both sexes. Curiously though, although men are more likely to dream of physical aggression, women are often more likely to dream of verbal aggression.
Studies by the University of the West of England in Bristol also discovered that women have more nightmares than men. During 5 years, volunteers were asked to write down whether they had nightmares during their sleep. A small 19% of men reported nightmares, compared to 34% of women.
Our dreams are as different as we are
None of this should come as a huge surprise though. Men and women are biologically different, emotionally different and psychologically different, so it stands to reason our dreams – and our nightmares – are going to be different too.
Taking all this into account, we also have to be careful not to generalise too much and form gender-based stereotypes about dreaming. The truth is that each of us has different degrees of masculine and feminine traits. This means quite simply that people can dream similarly or differently, regardless of gender identity.
So next time you have a dream that’s vivid and memorable, make sure you tell your partner all about it and compare notes.
According to various research sources, women usually dream more often than men and can remember them more easily. If a woman is woken up during sleep, 95% of them can tell the storyline of their dreams, whilst around 80% of men can. What’s more, women’s dreams seem to be twice as long as men’s.
Women tend to dream about people they know
Research also shows that women tend to dream about people they know, male or female, and the setting is usually indoors and familiar. That’s why a typical woman’s dream would take place inside her home or workplace and involve family or friends that she interacts with on a regular basis.
Men tend to dream about strangers
Men’s dreams, on the other hand, are usually set outdoors and are generally centered around male characters that are more often than not unfamiliar. The action in these dreams usually involves other males demonstrating an aggressive attitude against the dreamer. So on the whole, men’s dreams are not quite as sweet as the female variety.
Hostile dreams v harmonious ones
While men’s dreams seem more hostile, featuring competition with other men, women are more likely to dream about harmonious relationships with individuals of both sexes. Curiously though, although men are more likely to dream of physical aggression, women are often more likely to dream of verbal aggression.
Studies by the University of the West of England in Bristol also discovered that women have more nightmares than men. During 5 years, volunteers were asked to write down whether they had nightmares during their sleep. A small 19% of men reported nightmares, compared to 34% of women.
Our dreams are as different as we are
None of this should come as a huge surprise though. Men and women are biologically different, emotionally different and psychologically different, so it stands to reason our dreams – and our nightmares – are going to be different too.
Taking all this into account, we also have to be careful not to generalise too much and form gender-based stereotypes about dreaming. The truth is that each of us has different degrees of masculine and feminine traits. This means quite simply that people can dream similarly or differently, regardless of gender identity.
So next time you have a dream that’s vivid and memorable, make sure you tell your partner all about it and compare notes.
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