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Sexual Dreams of Women
The
Sex of Your Dreams (Really!)
What
her sex dreams (and yours) say about your real sex life
Courtesy
of http://www.rodalenews.com
There's
no more denying it: Women are just as horny as men -- if their dreams are
any indication.
Forty
years ago, studies reported that women dreamt about
sex
less frequently than men.
That
was probably wrong. Women may have been shy about admitting to their
dreams. Or maybe the increased sexual freedom of recent
decades has led to sexier dreams.
A
new study out of the University of Montreal found that about 8 percent of
both men's and women's dreams contain sexual activity.
Women's
dreams tend to be about real-life sexual partners, past or present, and
women are more likely than men to dream about celebrities—rock stars, movie stars, and politicians (Brad Pitt, Bono and
George Clooney were among the study subjects' faves).
Men's
dreams are more likely than women to dream about imaginary, unknown
people, and the encounters take place in public or in
unknown settings.
Men
are also more likely to have
sex
with multiple partners. In their dreams.
And
what happens in these dreams? Sexual intercourse was the most common
activity, followed by sexual propositions, kissing, fantasies,
and masturbation, said study author Antonio Zadra, Ph.D., an
associate professor of psychology at the university.
Elizabeth,
25, of Nashville, Tenn., is typical. She says her first
sex
dream was as a teenager, involving a Party of Five star.
"I
dreamed that Scott Wolf and I were flying through the air in a cardboard
box -- having the wildest
sex
as we floated through the clouds,"
she says. "It was utterly bizarre and totally comical. But to
this date, it's still the hottest and most memorable sex dream I've ever had."
She
now sees it as a virgin's idealized vision of
sex.
"The last sex dream I had involved Eminem. My, how things have changed."
Zadra says his research, presented last month at a sleep conference, is
the first in decades to quantify the kinds of sex dreams people have.
Do
they mean anything? They might. Zadra said one theory of dreaming is that
it "reflects the dreamer's waking state and concerns." And
the difference between men's and women's dreams "may be indicative of
different waking needs, experiences, desire and attitudes with
respect to sexuality."
Researchers
asked 64 men and 109 women (average age: 30) to record their nightly
dreams for 2 to 4 weeks. They analyzed more than
3,500 dreams logged.
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