Historique
Périodique
Does feminism drive women to drink? Conflicting themes
Auteur(s) :
BABCOCK, M.
Année
1996
Page(s) :
158-165
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
72
Domaine :
Alcool / Alcohol
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
ALCOOL
;
SEXE FEMININ
;
CONSOMMATION
;
EVOLUTION
;
PSYCHOTROPES
;
COMPARAISON
;
SEXE MASCULIN
;
PRODUIT ILLICITE
Note générale :
International Journal of Drug Policy, 1996, 7, (3), 158-165
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
"Convergence", suscribed to by several scholars, is the claimed phenomenon that women are beginning to catch up with men in drugalcohol use. Some research shows increased drug and alcohol use by women. The "convergence hypothesis" argues that this is an actual increase, and proponents also often argue that convergence is fuelled by the pressures of feminism on women. An examination of relevant studies shows that research has usually ignored the greater under-reporting of drugalcohol use in women compared with men, and that "convergence" may be only apparent as this avoidance recedes. The notion that women have used AugsIalcohol less than men in the past is not solidly substantiated. Rather, relaxing sex roles now may be allowing women to be more open about their use, and gradual utilization of improved research is showing more accurately the actual level of use in women.
Affiliation :
Center for Substance Abuse, McKeesport, PA, USA
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.
Cote :
A01087