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Alcohol and masculinity.

R Lemle1, M E Mishkind

  • 1Alcohol Clinic, Veterans Administration Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94121.

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
|January 1, 1989
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Men

Area of Science:

  • Sociology
  • Psychology
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Alcohol use and abuse are historically more prevalent in males than females.
  • Societal norms often link male masculinity to alcohol consumption.
  • Media portrayals reinforce the association between drinking and manliness.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the complex relationship between masculinity and social/alcoholic drinking.
  • To explore how sex role prescriptions influence drinking behaviors in men.
  • To examine theories connecting fragile masculine identities with addictive drinking.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of existing evidence.
  • Analysis of psychodynamic theories of alcoholism.
  • Examination of societal and media influences.

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Main Results:

  • Social drinking is a significant cultural symbol of manliness.
  • Less evidence links masculinity to alcoholic dependence, but theories suggest a connection.
  • Psychodynamic theories propose addictive drinking in men may stem from insecure masculine identities.

Conclusions:

  • The association between drinking and manliness is being increasingly recognized as potentially harmful.
  • Societal shifts in the 1980s indicate a potential decline in alcohol's masculine image.
  • Further research may clarify the nuanced links between masculinity and alcohol use disorders.