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HW Perkins - Presentation SlidesStudent Alcohol Abuse: Whats's GenderGot to Do with It?Meeting of the Minds, Kansas City, MissouriApril 4, 2014April 4, 20142014 Meeting of the Minds ConferenceSTUDENT ALCOHOL ABUSE:WHAT’S GENDER GOT TO DO WITH IT?H. Wesley Perkins, Ph.D.Professor of SociologyHobart and William Smith CollegesGeneva, New Yorkwww.AlcoholEducationProject.orgSIX PERSPECTIVESon Gender and Drinking1
HW Perkins - Presentation SlidesStudent Alcohol Abuse: Whats's GenderGot to Do with It?Meeting of the Minds, Kansas City, MissouriApril 4, 2014Perspective IGender ConvergenceMyth or Reality: Are Women ReallyBecoming More Like Men?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: 341-348.2
HW Perkins - Presentation SlidesStudent Alcohol Abuse: Whats's GenderGot to Do with It?Meeting of the Minds, Kansas City, MissouriApril 4, 2014Source: 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: 341-348.3
HW Perkins - Presentation SlidesStudent Alcohol Abuse: Whats's GenderGot to Do with It?Meeting of the Minds, Kansas City, MissouriApril 4, 2014Source: 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: 341-348.4
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HW Perkins - Presentation SlidesStudent Alcohol Abuse: Whats's GenderGot to Do with It?Meeting of the Minds, Kansas City, MissouriApril 4, 20146
HW Perkins - Presentation SlidesStudent Alcohol Abuse: Whats's GenderGot to Do with It?Meeting of the Minds, Kansas City, MissouriApril 4, 2014Perspective IIThe Biochemist’s Law:Sex Inequalities in Consumption Sex Equity in BAC Body Weight Differences Fat-to-Water Ratios Enzyme and Metabolism Differences7
HW Perkins - Presentation SlidesStudent Alcohol Abuse: Whats's GenderGot to Do with It?Meeting of the Minds, Kansas City, MissouriApril 4, 2014Perspective IIIWhat does the Distributionof Women’s and Men’sDrinking Look Like?Distribution of Female ightAbstain08
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HW Perkins - Presentation SlidesStudent Alcohol Abuse: Whats's GenderGot to Do with It?Meeting of the Minds, Kansas City, MissouriApril 4, 2014Perspective IVWhich Perceived Gender Norm forStudent Drinking Is More Importantin Predicting Personal Use?Among today’s college studentsit is still a sexist world.Survey Data from All Schools Using theCampus Survey of Alcohol and Other Drug Norms(Core Institute) 1996 through Spring 2010Sample sizes of 100 respondents164,653 respondents387 survey cohorts194 schools40 states and DC across the US11
HW Perkins - Presentation SlidesStudent Alcohol Abuse: Whats's GenderGot to Do with It?Meeting of the Minds, Kansas City, MissouriApril 4, 2014Perspective VInequalities/Equalities inConsequences of MisuseIs Hurting oneself and others an“equal opportunity” experience formen and women?12
HW Perkins - Presentation SlidesStudent Alcohol Abuse: Whats's GenderGot to Do with It?Meeting of the Minds, Kansas City, MissouriApril 4, 2014Experience of Negative Consequences fromDrinking Within Year for College StudentsNationwide by Gender (N 41,581)Consequence % of Males / Females & RatioProperty damageTrouble with police or authoritiesDriving while intoxicatedBeen hurt or injuredPoor work on test or projectMissed classFight or argumentHangoverMemory lossThought about suicideVomiting or nausea 14% / 3%18% / 7%40% / 27%16% / 11%26% / 18%34% / 24%33% / 27%65% / 56%29% / 24%6% / 5%50% / 45%4.62.61.51.51.41.41.21.21.21.21.1Source: Alcohol and Drugs on American College Campuses, Core Institute.Perspective VIStress and Drinkingin Student Life and LaterWe always knew women “matured” faster.13
HW Perkins - Presentation SlidesStudent Alcohol Abuse: Whats's GenderGot to Do with It?Meeting of the Minds, Kansas City, MissouriApril 4, 2014Source: Perkins, H.Wesley. 2000. "DrinkingMotivated by the Desire toReduce Stress: Life Courseand Gender Patternsamong College-EducatedYoung Adults." Alcoscope:International Review ofAlcoholism Management,Vol. 3, Issue 4, pp. 10-14.14
HW Perkins - Presentation SlidesStudent Alcohol Abuse: Whats's GenderGot to Do with It?Meeting of the Minds, Kansas City, MissouriApril 4, 201415
HW Perkins - Presentation SlidesStudent Alcohol Abuse: Whats's GenderGot to Do with It?Meeting of the Minds, Kansas City, MissouriApril 4, 2014April 4, 20142014 Meeting of the Minds ConferenceSTUDENT ALCOHOL ABUSE:WHAT’S GENDER GOT TO DO WITH IT?H. Wesley Perkins, Ph.D.Professor of SociologyHobart and William Smith CollegesGeneva, New Yorkwww.AlcoholEducationProject.org16
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