Believe it or not, when it comes to fancy dress parties, especially with a sexual theme, women outdo men in binge drinking.
LONDON: Believe it or not, when it comes to fancy dress parties, especially with a sexual theme, women outdo men in binge drinking.
A team of researchers has carried out a study and found that contrary to popular belief, women drink more than men at theme parties, British newspaper 'The Daily Telegraph' reported here on Friday.
According to the study's lead author Dr John Clapp of the Centre for Alcohol and Drug Studies at San Diego State University, 'One of the more interesting findings was that young women drank more heavily than males at themed events'.
"It is rare to find any situation where women drink more than men, and these events tended to have sexualized themes and costumes. Given that some theme parties can be highly sexualised, future investigation of the mechanisms that may explain this effect is warranted."
The researchers came to the conclusion after carrying out interviews and analysing breath samples from 1,304 people attending 66 parties in southern California. Details of types of party, size, loudness of music, drug use, drinking games and types of alcohol consumed were noted.
Just over 15 per cent of the parties had themes, including some of a sexual nature -- including lingerie, 'anything but clothes' and 'just had sex'.
The average Breath Alcohol Content (BrAC) of men did not vary between fancy dress and non-themed parties -- 37 mg alcohol per 1,000 ml of breath compared to 36 mg/1,000ml. But, female guests at fancy dress parties had average BrAC readings of 49 mg/1,000ml, compared to 33 mg/1,000ml at gatherings without themes.
"Most studies use survey methods that require people to recall their drinking behaviour -- days, weeks or months prior -- and such recall is not always accurate. By going out into the field and doing observations and surveys, including breath tests for alcohol concentrations, we were able to mitigate many of the problems associated with recall of behaviour and complex settings," Dr Clapp said.
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