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SMNTY Classics: Men Like Beer, Women Like Wine?

Stuff Mom Never Told You

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Is There a Difference Between Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism?

Drinking alcohol has historically been a signifier of male power relative to women's lack of power. Women develop alcohol induced liver disease more quickly than men, and possibly the same is true for alcohol induced brain damage. Men who believed that alcohol would lead to pleasurable outcomes drank more heavily while women heavy drinkers often did it to reduce stress. A handful of studies have shown a strong relationship between drinking behaviour in women and sexual ictim or violence. According to numbers reported on by time, 53% of beer drinkers are men, while 52 % of wine drinkers are women. But i do hear a lot of women don't like beer. It makes them bloated, or it's too bitter,

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