why are the dreams of men different than women??
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Why are the dreams of men different than women??. By: S tephanie H enigman. Question: W hy are the dreams of men different than women??. Women tend to recall their dreams more often than men. Women tend to report more frequent and intense nightmares than men. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Why are the dreams of men different than
women??
By: Stephanie Henigman
Question: Why are the dreams of men
different than women??
Women tend to recall their dreams more often
than men.
Women tend to report more frequent and intense
nightmares than men.
Men dream more often about other men rather than women.
While women, dream equally
about both men and women.
67% of characters in men’s dreams are other men.
While 48% of characters in women’s dreams are
other women.
Men usually dream about aggressive encounters with men (mostly
strangers).
Women mostly dream about interactions with
familiar others in familiar places.
A possibility their different is because men and women socialize differently when
growing up.
Boys are usually taught to be more aggressive than
girls.
Girls are usually taught to be more social than boys.
Sexual selection theory suggests, females are the choosy sex in
humans.
Whether it makes sense its clear that for many millennia men have gone to war.
While women stayed on the home front and watched the children.
This war theory suggests that men had to be aggressive to survive –
not only to impress.
Data from dream content studies is consistent with both;
The war theory of male aggression and sexual selection
theory.
More studies need to be done in order to understand the sex difference in dream content.