Gendered drinking: Meanings and norms among young Estonian adults:

Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

MaarjaKobin¹ 

关键词: drinking behaviour;    gender;    double st;    ards;    Estonia;   

DOI  :  10.2478/nsad-2013-0022

学科分类：生物化学/生物物理

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

AimCurrent research in Estonia shows that drinking has increased both among men and women and that the gender gap in alcohol consumption is decreasing, especially among young people. This article will explore from a micro-level perspective how gender, meanings and norms are interconnected, and how these meanings and norms regulate and legitimise gendered drinking behaviour.DesignThe study is based on in-depth individual and focus groups interviews with young adults from rural and urban areas in Estonia, supported by participant observation.ResultsWomen's drinking still carries a clear, albeit contested, double standard. Young men, on the other hand, contest the traditional masculine drinking norms and distance themselves from the heavy drinking practices of drinking to intoxication and drinking vodka, which are connected with images of Soviet-era (inflexible rural) masculinity.ConclusionIn creating alternative modes of masculinity and femininity, young adults stress independence, individualism and being a...

【 授权许可】

CC BY