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WHAT’S GENDER GOT TO DO WITH IT?
MYTHS AND REALITIES ABOUT
GENDER DIFFERENCES IN DRINKING
PATTERNS AND PROBLEMS
BD 295 Spring 2013
H. Wesley Perkins, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Geneva, New York
www.AlcoholEducationProject.org
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FIVE PERSPECTIVES on Gender and Drinking
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Gender Convergence
Myth or Reality: Are Women Really
Becoming More Like Men?
Perspective I
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Source: Wilsnack, R.W. et al. 2006. “Are U. S Women Drinking Less (or More)?
Historical and Aging Trends, 1981-2001,” Journal of Studies on Alcohol 67: 341-348.
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Source: Wilsnack, R.W. et al. 2006. “Are U. S Women Drinking Less (or More)?
Historical and Aging Trends, 1981-2001,” Journal of Studies on Alcohol 67: 341-348.
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Source: Wilsnack, R.W. et al. 2006. “Are U. S Women Drinking Less (or More)?
Historical and Aging Trends, 1981-2001,” Journal of Studies on Alcohol 67: 341-348.
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Source: Wilsnack, R.W. et al. 2006. “Are U. S Women Drinking Less (or More)?
Historical and Aging Trends, 1981-2001,” Journal of Studies on Alcohol 67: 341-348.
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The Biochemist’s Law:
• Body Weight Differences
• Fat-to-Water Ratios
• Enzyme and Metabolism Differences
Sex Inequalities in Consumption = Sex Equity in BAC
Perspective II
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What does the Distribution of
Women’s and Men’s Drinking
Look Like?
Perspective III
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Inequalities/Equalities in
Consequences of Misuse
Is Hurting oneself and others an
“equal opportunity” experience for
men and women?
Perspective IV
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Experience of Negative Consequences from
Drinking Within Year for College Students
Nationwide by Gender (N=41,581)
• Property damage
• Trouble with police or authorities
• Driving while intoxicated
• Been hurt or injured
• Poor work on test or project
• Missed class
• Fight or argument
• Hangover
• Memory loss
• Thought about suicide
• Vomiting or nausea
• 14% / 3% 4.6
• 18% / 7% 2.6
• 40% / 27% 1.5
• 16% / 11% 1.5
• 26% / 18% 1.4
• 34% / 24% 1.4
• 33% / 27% 1.2
• 65% / 56% 1.2
• 29% / 24% 1.2
• 6% / 5% 1.2
• 50% / 45% 1.1
Consequence % of Males / Females & Ratio
Source: Alcohol and Drugs on American College Campuses, Core Institute.
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Stress and Drinking in Student
and Post-Collegiate Life
Perspective V
We always knew women “matured” faster.
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WHAT’S GENDER GOT TO DO WITH IT?
MYTHS AND REALITIES ABOUT
GENDER DIFFERENCES IN DRINKING
PATTERNS AND PROBLEMS
BD 295 Spring 2013
H. Wesley Perkins, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Geneva, New York
www.AlcoholEducationProject.org
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