A recent study discovered that women need more sleep than men because their brains are wired differently.
"Women’s brains are wired differently from men’s and are more complex, so their sleep need will be slightly greater," Professor Jim Horne, director of Loughborough University’s Sleep Research Centre, told Metro.
According to researchers, women need to sleep about 20 minutes longer each night because their brains work harder during the day.
The study followed 210 middle-aged men and women. Woman's Day reports that women were more affected by the lack of sleep.
"For women, poor sleep is strongly associated with high levels of psychological distress and greater feelings of hostility, depression, and anger," said Horne.
Previous research has proven that insomnia is more common in women that in men.