# wet dreams **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 24, 2000, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-dreams/9146 "2000-03-24T13:13:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FilFil111](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FilFil111](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilFil111)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-dreams/9146/1 "2000-03-24T13:13:00Z")
## Do females get wet dreams or only men get them? ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-dreams/9146/2 "2000-03-24T14:03:00Z")
As in “dreams of an erotic nature leading to orgasm”? Yes, but you need not worry. No woman thinks of you that way. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-dreams/9146/3 "2000-03-24T14:06:00Z")
From what my female friends tell me, they do sometimes have erotic dreams of such intensity that they orgasm during them. They’ll also experience dreams that leave them highly aroused upon awakening, without having climaxed in their sleep. Why doubt them? ``` I do hope that someone chimes with with some rigorous sleep analysis studies, that have actually recorded the shift in brain activity concurrent with sexual arousal, and release. Otherwise, it's hearsay. ( Or, she're say rofl ) ``` Cartooniverse * * * If you want to kiss the sky, you’d better learn how to kneel. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-dreams/9146/4 "2000-03-24T14:10:00Z")
Wet dreams as in “dreams of a highly erotic nature that lead to climax”? Yes. And as a relatively vocal somnoloquent, I can tell you that it’s _really_ embarrassing to hear about it from your college roommate the next day. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-dreams/9146/5 "2000-03-24T14:26:00Z")
It’ the “wet” part that is different for women. Although some of my dreams do get the juices flowing, it’s not exactly the same thing, is it? ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-dreams/9146/6 "2000-03-24T16:30:00Z")
So how common is this in males? Even back in my more testosterone-laden days, this never happened to me. ---
**Author:** ![quadell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/b9bd4f/32.png) [@quadell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quadell)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-dreams/9146/7 "2000-03-24T17:49:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by CurtC: > **So how common is this in males? Even back in my more testosterone-laden days, this never happened to me.** Me: only once. ---
**Author:** ![Fyodor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/958977/32.png) [@Fyodor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fyodor)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2000, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-dreams/9146/8 "2000-03-25T06:33:00Z")
Maybe you guys don’t know that young men have to lay off masturbating for a while before they can enjoy a ripsnorting wet dream. ---
**Author:** ![quadell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/b9bd4f/32.png) [@quadell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quadell)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2000, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-dreams/9146/9 "2000-03-25T06:37:00Z")
Not the problem here. I mean, sure, I’ve done more than my share of self-exploration, but I quit for six months at one point (for religious reasons), and still nothing. _shrug_ I also had a health teacher tell me that every guy has wet dreams, and so I must be mistaken. :rolleyes: Your Quadell ---
**Author:** ![Alias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-dreams/9146/10 "2000-03-24T19:35:00Z")
I used to have them quite a bit when I was younger, but now I don’t think I’ve had one since I was about 15 or 16. I never knew what it was all about until I was older, and I never told anyone because I thought it was something that only happened to guys. It’s good to know I’m not a freak. * * * * * * “Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true” -Albert Einstein ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-dreams/9146/11 "2000-03-24T19:42:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Alias: > \*\*I thought it was something that only happened to guys. It’s good to know I’m not a freak. > \*\* Of course you’re not a freak ! But, oh my god- that HAIRCUT !!! 🙂 Couldn’t resist connecting to your other thread, Alias 🙂 Cartooniverse * * * If you want to kiss the sky, you’d better learn how to kneel. ---
**Author:** ![Moose\_and\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9dc877/32.png) [@Moose\_and\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moose_and_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-dreams/9146/12 "2000-03-24T20:14:00Z")
> [@](#): > > From what my female friends tell me, they do sometimes have erotic dreams of such intensity that they orgasm during them. Erotic dreams, no. Orgasms that wake me up from a deep sleep, yes. Couple times a month. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2000, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-dreams/9146/13 "2000-03-25T00:53:00Z")
In women, unless they ejaculate, why should they be called ‘wet dreams’? ---
**Author:** ![KalEl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/839c29/32.png) [@KalEl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KalEl)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2000, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-dreams/9146/14 "2000-03-25T01:20:00Z")
And more importantly, can a woman fake a dream orgasm? ---
**Author:** ![KalEl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/839c29/32.png) [@KalEl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KalEl)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2000, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-dreams/9146/15 "2000-03-25T01:22:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Moose and Squirrel: > \*\* Erotic dreams, no. Orgasms that wake me up from a deep sleep, yes. Couple times a month. \*\* Hey, do you wanna hold it down over there? I’m trying to sleep. ---
**Author:** ![KalEl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/839c29/32.png) [@KalEl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KalEl)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2000, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-dreams/9146/16 "2000-03-25T01:24:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Cartooniverse: > \*\* They’ll also experience dreams that leave them highly aroused upon awakening, without having climaxed in their sleep. > \*\* And this differs from being awake how? ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2000, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-dreams/9146/17 "2000-03-25T16:24:00Z")
Morning Pearls. ---
**Author:** ![Fyodor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/958977/32.png) [@Fyodor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fyodor)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2000, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-dreams/9146/18 "2000-03-25T16:29:00Z")
I was reading a book this morning (" A Life in the Bush") and it mentioned a famous Canadian poet of days gone by who was “so afraid of nocturnal emissions” that he slept on wooden boards and splashed his genitals with cold water before retiring for the night. ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2000, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-dreams/9146/19 "2000-03-25T17:05:00Z")
Erotic dreams? Yes. Orgasm? Yes. Both at the same time? Sometimes. “Wet” dream? You better believe it, although certainly not of the moisture level men create. They’ve waned since I’ve become sexually active, but they do pop up every now and then. My boyfriend loves hearing the details. 😃 * * * Teaching: The ultimate birth control method. [Laura’s Stuff and Things](http://members.aol.com/lrconaway)