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HW Perkins - Presentation Slides April 4, 2014 Student Alcohol Abuse: Whats's Gender Got to Do with It? Meeting of the Minds, Kansas City, Missouri April 4, 2014 2014 Meeting of the Minds Conference STUDENT ALCOHOL ABUSE: WHATS WHATS

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STUDENT ALCOHOL ABUSE:

WHAT’S WHAT’S GENDER GENDER GOT TO DO WITH IT? GOT TO DO WITH IT?

April 4, 2014 2014 Meeting of the Minds Conference

  • H. Wesley Perkins, Ph.D.

Professor of Sociology Hobart and William Smith Colleges Geneva, New York

www.AlcoholEducationProject.org

SIX PERSPECTIVES

  • n Gender and Drinking
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Gender Convergence

Myth or Reality: Are Women Really Becoming More Like Men?

Perspective I

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. 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

  • f Women’s and Men’s

Drinking Look Like?

Perspective III

10 20 30 40 50 60 A b s t a i n L i g h t M

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e r a t e H e a v y V e r y H e a v y Females

Distribution of Female Drinking

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10 20 30 40 50 60 A b s t a i n L i g h t M

  • d

e r a t e H e a v y V e r y H e a v y Males

Stereotypical Distribution of Male Drinking

10 20 30 40 50 60 A b s t a i n L i g h t M

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e r a t e H e a v y V e r y H e a v y Females Males

Perceived Distribution of Female and Male Drinking

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10 20 30 40 50 60 A b s t a i n L i g h t M

  • d

e r a t e H e a v y V e r y H e a v y Males

Actual Distribution of Male Drinking

10 20 30 40 50 60 A b s t a i n L i g h t M

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e r a t e H e a v y V e r y H e a v y Females Males

Actual Distribution of Female and Male Drinking

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Which Perceived Gender Norm for Student Drinking Is More Important in Predicting Personal Use?

Among today’s college students it is still a sexist world.

Perspective IV Survey Data from All Schools Using the Campus Survey of Alcohol and Other Drug Norms (Core Institute)

  • 1996 through Spring 2010
  • Sample sizes of 100+ respondents
  • 164,653 respondents
  • 387 survey cohorts
  • 194 schools
  • 40 states and DC across the US
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Inequalities/Equalities in Consequences of Misuse

Is Hurting oneself and others an “equal opportunity” experience for men and women?

Perspective V

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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.

Stress and Drinking in Student Life and Later

Perspective VI We always knew women “matured” faster.

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Source: Perkins, H.

  • Wesley. 2000. "Drinking

Motivated by the Desire to Reduce Stress: Life Course and Gender Patterns among College-Educated Young Adults." Alcoscope: International Review of Alcoholism Management,

  • Vol. 3, Issue 4, pp. 10-14.
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STUDENT ALCOHOL ABUSE:

WHAT’S WHAT’S GENDER GENDER GOT TO DO WITH IT? GOT TO DO WITH IT?

April 4, 2014 2014 Meeting of the Minds Conference

  • H. Wesley Perkins, Ph.D.

Professor of Sociology Hobart and William Smith Colleges Geneva, New York

www.AlcoholEducationProject.org