Women's intoxication as ‘dual licentiousness
An exploration of gendered images of drinking and intoxication in Sweden
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8082459 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alexandra Bogren (0000-0002-0136-1962, Stockholm University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 95-106 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Addiction Research & Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1476-7392 • E-ISSN: 1606-6359 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/16066350701668895 |
| OpenAlex | W2158724157 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 27 |
In this article, it is suggested that an important cultural image of intoxication in some Western societies appears to be 'intoxication as ecstasy', intoxication as escape from the everyday into a 'wild' and 'natural' state. The purpose of this article is to discuss this cultural image and its link to gendered ideas about sexuality and, on the basis of this discussion, to develop a hypothesis for further testing. The hypothesis developed proposes that women–via the cultural linking of their sexuality to biological processes of reproduction–are placed closer to nature than men. This makes women's drinking and intoxication seem more dangerous than men's, because drinking and intoxication would seem to make women come even closer to nature. It is suggested that women's 'dual licentiousness' threatens the distinction between nature and culture
Alcohol intoxication · Art · Criminology · Developmental psychology · Dual (grammatical number · Ecstasy · Environmental health · Human sexuality · Injury prevention · Poison control · Psychiatry · Reproduction · Sociology · State (computer science · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Medicine · Posthumanist Ethics and Activism · Psychology · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · Ecology · Gender Studies · Social Psychology
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