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Get Relationship Work, On Bed! Sleeping Habits of your Partners

July 01, 2008 By: arlene Category: Depression, Life, Stress Reducing 7 Comments →

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.”

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