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June 26, 2013
Welcome to the world of gender parity.
In one sense, the rising rates of alcohol consumption by women are a sign of parity.
But this is one arena in which equal treatment yields unequal outcomes. Women are more vulnerable than men to alcohol's toxic effects. Their bodies have more fat, which retains alcohol, and less water, which dilutes it, so women drinking the same amount as men their size and weight become intoxicated more quickly. Males also have more of the enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase, which breaks down alcohol before it enters the bloodstream. This may be one reason why alcohol-related liver and brain damage appear more quickly in heavy-drinking women than men. -- Had Enough Therapy?: Female Alcohol Syndrome
Posted by gerardvanderleun at June 26, 2013 8:11 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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Women are driving a lot more than in the 60s when the studies were done that insurance companies use. As a result they are getting into a lot more accidents. Further, girls are acting much less responsibly and are actually a worse danger in a car than boys.
This is equality?
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 26, 2013 9:00 AM
There's twelve succinct steps suggested for those men and women that cannot handle alcohol.
Dress it up however you like, spin it, rationalize it, euphemize it, booze is the great leveler. Equal opportunity disabler.
Take it from a fool who knows.
Posted by: chasmatic at June 26, 2013 10:10 AM