Lifestyle Choices

There are some fascinating differences in the sleep habits of men and women.

• Women sleep four minutes less than men on workdays and fourteen minutes less on days off.’ Women sleep forty to fifty minutes less than men if they cater to the needs of a baby or toddler.
• Scientists have discovered that there are differences in the circadian rhythms of males and females. The fraction of sleep is larger in women. The temperature rhythms are identical in males and females; the sleep-wake rhythms are significantly shorter in females.” “Women have shorter periods of deep (non-REM) sleep than men, making them more vulnerable to ‘tossing and turning’ bed partners and fitful babies.”

• Women are more likely than men to suffer from insomnia.’

• Young adult women report insufficient sleep, excessive daytime sleepiness, difficulties in maintaining sleep, and the absence of feeling refreshed in the morning more frequently than do young adult men.

• More elderly women than men suffer from sleep problems.’
• Sixty-six per cent of night eaters are women.

• Male smokers tend to have disturbing dreams; female smokers experience excessive daytime sleepiness.’

• Women tend to have significantly more nightmares than men.”
• More friendly acts occur in women’s dreams than in men’s dreams.”
• Ninety per cent suffering from REM sleep behaviour disorder are male.”

• Chronic snoring is found in 24.1 per cent of men and in 13.8 per cent of women.”

• Women are more likely than men to talk in their sleep.”

• During REM sleep, men have penile erections. This is one way that doctors can investigate physiological impotence. Younger men have between four and five each night, and older men in their seventies have about two or three. Occasionally this sexual arousal can lead to orgasm. Hence, the term “wet dream”.
• A similar phenomenon occurs in females. During REM sleep, women experience clitoral engorgement and increased vaginal lubrication. In fact, it is also possible for women to have an orgasm while sleeping. Primary orgasmic dysfunction is the term used to describe women who have only experienced orgasm during sleep or fantasy.”
• The sexual content present in the dreams of a woman can actually reflect the stages of her menstrual cycle. For example, sexuality is strong during the post ovulation stage and is at a maximum during menstruation. Sexual drive is lowest during the postmenses phase. Hostility is maximal in the post-ovulation stage and at a low during menstruation. The content a dreams is more sexual or hostile in nature during the times when these, waking emotions are at a high. During the postmenses phase, dreams rarely sexual in content.”

• Women sleep much less in the premenstrual phase of the cycle and oft feel more tired, irritable, confused and depressed during this phase.”

• During pregnancy sleep is less continuous, especially during the last trimester.
• Although age in itself does not affect sleep patterns, studies have shown that women who experience hot flushes get worse night-time sleep than those who do not.”
• Sleep loss associated with menopause has been shown to cause irritability and depression.’

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