Should Gender Equality Extend to Drinking?
More women are drinking, and the women who drink are drinking more, in some cases matching their male peers. This is the kind of equality nobody was fighting for.
As she drank more, her career advanced. “It was like a one-of-the-guys kind of thing. In terms of success, people wanted to work with me. They’d be like, ‘Ugh, I have to work with X,’ you know, another girl. But with me, it’d be like, ‘Oh, this will be so fun.’ ” Rather than trying to hide how much she drank, she realized that her party-girl image would make her more relatable. “You have to be a bitch to survive—and then they’ll ... Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
I've never read an article about drinking where drugs are not mentioned. Every bar, party, or get together has someone who has drugs to give away or sell. You start off with a few drinks, and the next thing you know, someone's got some weed, coke, X, or some other sort of drug that will compliment your drink, in theory. The next thing I've noticed in my many years of wandering and partying, is the drugs get more prevalent and the alcohol starts taking a back seat. While I've never been one to think one necessarily leads to the other, in a five page article, drugs should at least be mentioned.