It's official: Women are grumpier than men in the morning
Updated: 2006-10-26 15:18 Men know better than to rub their wives the wrong way in the morning
and have their heads bitten off, for 6 in 7 women are in a foul mood after
waking up.
A new research has found that not only are women grumpier than men, but also
that they remain in a foul mood for longer. A survey by The Sleep Council showed
a quarter of men never wake up in a bad mood, compared to just one in seven
women.
And reeling from a sleepless night, caused mainly by stress and worry, 13 per
cent of women remain in a bad mood for up to four hours, compared to ten per
cent of men.
Jessica Alexander of the Sleep Council said women's grumpiness may be
worsened because they shoulder most of the household chores in the morning.
"Twenty-eight per cent of women as opposed to only 5 per cent of men do any
housekeeping before going to work," she was quoted by the DailyMail, as saying.
"It also tends to be them that prepares the breakfast, spends time with the
children, check their emails and attend to their beauty regime. Women far
outweigh men in having a busy and packed morning.
So what do men do? Apparently just get up and go out: 17 per cent of them
spend only 10 minutes on their wake up and get out routine," she added.
The survey, published for national sleep-in day on October 29 when the clocks
go back and people get an extra hour in bed, found that four in ten people
believe a disturbed night is the main reason for grumpiness in the morning.
Nearly one in five of the population (18 per cent) say they never really get
a good night's sleep. (ANI)
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