Neue Studie zu Sexismus in der Sprache: Männer sind "sturzbesoffen", Frauen "beschwipst"

Here's another difference between men and women: Intoxicated men seem more likely to be described by others in exaggerated drunk terms, while people tend to downplay how intoxicated females actually are.

A new study published online in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research on July 10 revealed that college students are more likely to describe clearly drunk guys as "hammered," while the the girls are described as "tipsy."

(...) If the character was behaving moderately drunk, both men and women were described with terms indicative of moderate intoxication, such as "buzzed," "tipsy" or "lightheaded."

But, if the female character was heavily drunk, the students used moderate-level terms like tipsy to describe her. The male characters, who displayed the same behavior as the females, were however labeled by students as "hammered," "trashed," "plastered" or "wasted."

Jetzt könnte man sagen: Frauen sind natürlich immer die besseren Menschen – auch wenn sie voll wie eine Haubitze sind, gelten sie lediglich als "angeheitert". Wer so denkt, sollte nicht vergessen, dass in unserer Kultur Sexismus ausschließlich so interpretiert wird, dass er zu Lasten von Frauen geht:

Levitt said that the results suggest that women and those around them often underestimate how drunk they are because it goes against stereotypes.

"The finding that women tend to avoid natural language labels that indicate excessive consumption indicates awareness of a gender-based double standard in which drinking women, and perhaps especially drunk women, are judged more harshly than men," he explained.

This could lead to harmful behaviors like drunk driving or a higher chance that women could become sexual victims, he added.

Immerhin wird eine negative Auswirkung dieser Doppelmoral auf Männer eingeräumt:

Wood said the new study's results may show that men may feel more pressure to drink more than they should because it is expected of them.

"These beliefs normalized heavy drinking as both what most men actually do and what they ought or should do," Wood said in a press release. "These beliefs...have been found to influence heavy drinking and alcohol problems, particularly among younger drinkers like college students. They also provide a potential excuse for typically unacceptable behaviors as something that is normative, acceptable, and even fun. Essentially, in an instance like this, intoxication provides a 'cultural timeout' from regulating one's behavior."

Männer sollen sich dadurch ermuntert fühlen, dem Alkohol mehr zuzusprechen, wenn ihre Betrunkenheit negativer bewertet wird als die von Frauen? Hm.

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