@article{Schredl_2021, title={The percentage of male and female dream characters in a long dream series}, volume={14}, url={https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/IJoDR/article/view/77526}, DOI={10.11588/ijodr.2021.1.77526}, abstractNote={<p>Previous research based on many dream studies including children, adolescents, students, and adults in different cultures reported a “ubiquitous” sex difference in dreams: Whereas male dream characters are more prominent in men’s dreams compared to female dream characters, women tend to dream equally often about males and females. The present findings of 52% in a series of 3828 dreams recorded by a middle-aged male individual indicate that this gender difference might not be “ubiquitous” but depends on the pattern of waking-life social contacts. Studying the ratio of male and female dream characters might help to understand how social life is reflected in dreams.</p>}, number={1}, journal={International Journal of Dream Research}, author={Schredl, Michael}, year={2021}, month={Apr.}, pages={141–143} }