Men dream more about sex
<b>Grain of Science</b><br>A new Canadian survey reports that eight percent of dreams swirl around sexual situations. Men are much more likely to have fantasies about sex with imaginary people, while women prefer current or past sexual partners and celebrities. Women, meanwhile, report about as man
Hilary Bainemigisha
Grain of Science
A new Canadian survey reports that eight percent of dreams swirl around sexual situations. Men are much more likely to have fantasies about sex with imaginary people, while women prefer current or past sexual partners and celebrities. Women, meanwhile, report about as many sex dreams as men, a sharp contrast with previous research from the 1960s.
Study author, Prof Antonio Zadra, at the psychology department of Montreal University said either women are having them more, or they are more likely to report them.
Zadra looked at surveys of 109 women and 64 men who compiled diaries of their dreams for a month.
Sex dreams were occasionally productive: four percent of sex dreams among men and women resulted in orgasms. Both genders were most likely to dream about sexual intercourse, followed by sexual propositions — such as flirting — and kissing, fantasies and masturbation. In women, a whopping 18% of sex dreams involved unwanted sex; the number was five percent in men.
Fantasies about celebrities made up nine percent of sex dreams among women and five percent among men.
Men were much more likely to dream about having sex with more than one person.
Grain of Science
A new Canadian survey reports that eight percent of dreams swirl around sexual situations. Men are much more likely to have fantasies about sex with imaginary people, while women prefer current or past sexual partners and celebrities. Women, meanwhile, report about as many sex dreams as men, a sharp contrast with previous research from the 1960s.
Study author, Prof Antonio Zadra, at the psychology department of Montreal University said either women are having them more, or they are more likely to report them.
Zadra looked at surveys of 109 women and 64 men who compiled diaries of their dreams for a month.
Sex dreams were occasionally productive: four percent of sex dreams among men and women resulted in orgasms. Both genders were most likely to dream about sexual intercourse, followed by sexual propositions — such as flirting — and kissing, fantasies and masturbation. In women, a whopping 18% of sex dreams involved unwanted sex; the number was five percent in men.
Fantasies about celebrities made up nine percent of sex dreams among women and five percent among men.
Men were much more likely to dream about having sex with more than one person.