Alcohol is killing more women than ever – we need to talk about why

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'First, the data: In the approximately two decades this study surveys, men and women are all drinking more, and dying of alcohol-related disease with greater frequency. While men are nearly three times more likely to die of alcohol-related causes than women, this gender disparity has recently been narrowing especially rapidly: From 2018 to 2020, women’s rate of alcohol attributed deaths increased by 14.7 percent, while men’s jumped by 12.5 percent. ...
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What is clear is that women are at unique risk for alcohol-related illness, a risk that’s exacerbated by the fact that many interventions are designed for men, and our deep-seated ambivalence and historical ignorance about women’s relationship to alcohol is not helping. Acknowledging and addressing this public health emergency means letting go of outdated notions about women’s inherent virtue and purity, along with equally shallow ideas that link women’s empowerment to the consumption of alcohol. There is no one answer to this crisis, but refusing to reckon with its historical roots — or the structural factors that make alcohol so appealing — is not an option.'