Do Women Need More Sleep Than Men? Here's What Experts Say About the Gender Sleep Gap

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—but a good night’s sleep can mean different things for different people. Do women need more sleep than men? According to science, yes.

Maybe Dakota Johnson wasn’t actually being that absurd when she suggested to be functional.When it comes to sleep hygiene, most of us believe that the universal standard is something close to eight hours.

However, studies have shown that this isn’t quite true. Different people need different amounts of time in dreamland to function at their best.We spoke to Aileen Alexander, MD, a women’s health and sleep expert and the founder of online coaching site , to find out: Do women really need more sleep than men?This is how I managed to get up early every day—and how it impacted my life.By Several scientific have examined our sleep habits based on gender and have found that women, on average, sleep for 6 to 28 more minutes than men.

However, Dr. Alexander stresses that “research in this area is limited.”There are several theories as to why women tend to sleep a few minutes more (on average) than their male counterparts.