ABSTRACT
It is an undisputed fact that, generally speaking, men are more prone to taking alcohol than women. Even though in many countries women daily take alcohol as a matter of course just like men, and though in many places intoxicated women are often seen in the streets, still alcohol is never associated with the social life of women to anything like the extent that it is with that of men. There are wide circles in which to be a hard drinker is looked upon as a sign of manliness, even as a matter of honour. Society never demands in this way that women should take alcohol. It is the custom with us rather to condemn drinking as unwomanly; nor is drinking ever a matter of boasting among normal women as it is among men.
