Why are men more likely to be alcoholic?

Answer 1

Genetics have a great deal to do with gender differences. Male pattern Alcoholism is a well-known subtype. Overall, men do outnumber women, in terms of rates of alcoholism. However, in one subtype, self-treatment of depression, women are more likely to use alcohol when already depressed, than men. (Part of this is due to the higher rates of depression in women, but this higher rate of depression does not account for the higher proportion of women who abuse alcohol when depressed).

Answer 2

Contrary to common myth, not even men and women of the same height and weight experience the same effects from consuming identical amounts of alcohol.

The average weight difference between women and men is one reason why women tend to get intoxicated faster, but there's more.

Women also tend to have more fat and less muscle than men, even tall women. This is significant because muscle tissue contains more water than fat does, and alcohol dissolves in water and thus is diluted.

With about ten percent more water in their bodies than women, men can drink more alcohol than women before becoming intoxicated. In fact, studies show that women suffer worse hangovers than men too. Men tend to experience more sweating and vomiting as a result of drinking.

Women also have less of a gastric or stomach enzyme (dehydrogenase) that metabolizes or breaks down alcohol before it enters the bloodstream. Because of this, women absorb up to nearly 30% more alcohol into their bloodstream than men of the same height and weight who drink the same amount of alcohol.

Hormone changes during the menstrual cycle can also affect alcohol metabolism adversely, increasing the impact of alcohol.

But overall, women suffer from more dehydration, exhaustion, headaches, and nausea. With every drink, women are reaching higher degrees of intoxication than their male counterparts and thus it makes sense that they're reaching higher degrees of hangover too. More research is needed to determine for certain why women's hangovers are worse.

The bottom line is that a woman who hopes to "hold her own" in drinking against a man is putting herself at great risk.

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Answer 3

Even when they are the same weight, men can drink more alcohol than women. That's because (1) women's stomachs have less of a substance that helps metabolize or break down alcohol, (2) women typically have a higher proportion of fat to muscle than do men (concentrating alcohol in the blood stream), and female hormones also play a role in reducing metabolism.

Answer 4

"Allowed?" No one restricts the quantity of alcohol someone can consume. Men can tolerate more and hold more before becoming legally drunk because they are normally bigger. The ratio of fat to weight has an affect on the metabolizing of the alcohol as well and women tend to have more fat.

Answer 5

size. the bigger you are the more alcohol you can safely consume basically, more pounds of bodyweight, more units of alcohol

Answer 6

yes