Gillian: I don't think that anyone has collected the body of evidence
needed even in very small social units. And I think it's only in very small
social units that such a study would be possible--too many people, too many
variables otherwise. But it would certainly be interesting--a collection of
all the dreams dreamt in a particular hamlet in a given period of
time--preferably a full year, to see if there are seasonal variations. I
would think it would be useful to have two investigators, one male one
female, separately gathering the same material--there might be significant
differences in what got reported to them.
Mark
>From the perspective of typicality, all kinds of things are gendered -
>height, speed, law-breaking, income, etc. I wonder whether dreaming is
>gendered too? And, if it is, then might we not find a way to talk about
>'female dreaming'?
>
>This kind of gendered dreaming might not be INHERENTLY female - but it might
>be actually female, that is, actually gendered in a particular time and
>place. I'm sure that psychologists and anthropologists have evidence which
>could help in thinking this through.
>
|