TheDailyCaller.com:
Women are drinking more alcohol and closing the historic booze gap
with men, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and
Alcoholism (NIAAA).
Men traditionally drink more than women, says NIAAA, but habits are
shifting with men slightly moderating the amount of booze they consume
while women are moving starkly in the opposite direction.
NIAAA found the percentage of women who had a drink in the last 30 days rose from 44.9 percent to 48.3 percent between 2002 and 2012.
Men, on the other hand, moderated their drinking slightly with 56.1
percent saying they drank alcohol in the last 30 days compared to 57.4
percent who said the same in the decade up to 2012. The drinking gap now
stands at 7.8 percentage points.
Women are also closing the gap with men for the average number of
days in the past month they drank but are still lagging behind at 7.3
compared to men’s 9.5.
“This study confirms what other recent reports have suggested about
changing patterns of alcohol use by men and women in the U.S.,”
says NIAAA director George F. Koob.
The study, which was published in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical
and Experimental Research, warns the trend is “particularly concerning
given that women are at greater risk than men of a variety of
alcohol-related health effects, including liver inflammation,
cardiovascular disease, neurotoxicity and cancer.”
Hey, just like the lesbian community aka Nazi feminists tell us all the time: women can do anything men can do and by golly that includes being an alcoholic! Go Feminism!
