Referring to the findings as a “problematic cocktail and business card culture,” Shadow Health Minister Diane Abbott said that although it was “good” to see women out in the workforce and enjoying a social life in pubs and bars, women’s drinking patterns have changed in a generation, reflecting a “silent, middle class epidemic”.
“The problem is not just young 'ladettes'”, explained Abbott.
According to the research, women in management positions are drinking a bottle of wine a week (11.2 units) versus 6.2 units for women in lower paid jobs, a discrepancy thought to reflect stress levels rather than monetary levels.
“Women today may lead more stressful lives, often trying to juggle work and family responsibilities,” says drugalcohol.info. “Over the past 40 years, a steady increase in the number of women participating in the workforce has led to greater numbers of independent women with more disposable income. Drinking may be used to cope with anxiety.”
Do you think there is a cocktail and business card culture in Australia?
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Career women not having children to live the envious life of men, then they complain they drink like men, studies show they have more office affairs than men, career women have as many broken marriages as men and now they are not living as long as men !!! Girls.....you wanted it, now live with it.
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Replyit's true, since I've gained a career pushing the firm I work for out of this recession, my stress levels are through the roof, to the point where just a month ago I was drinking almost a bottle of wine a night. Now that my hard work is paying off, I barely drink a glass a night. If financial issues weren't the burden of so many today, I think women would drink less.
ReplyHow does that compare to executive men? And how does it really matter? We're not talking gallons here...
Replyhang on a sec this story talks about drinking a bottle of wine a WEEK I thought it was a typo at first but that's about 1.6 standard drinks a day. someone explain to me how that's a "problem"
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