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Gormy Cuss

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6. Why are we informing only women of that?
Mon Oct 28, 2013, 11:32 AM
Oct 2013

Last edited Mon Oct 28, 2013, 03:54 PM - Edit history (1)

No one in their right mind is against the counsel that being drunk to the point of blackout or passing out is risky. In fact, I think most of us would agree that there is considerable risk associated with it regardless of the person's gender.

Yet the risk for males is framed as doing harm to self and others; the risk for females is framed as being harmed by others .The difference in that message is not subtle. Men have power, women don't. The reality of course is that both can do harm to self, both can harm others, both can be harmed by others.

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