A Drink To Our Death Essay Research — страница 2

  • Просмотров 361
  • Скачиваний 13
  • Размер файла 18
    Кб

achieves the opposite result? (Roan 1). I know this is the point where my sister is. She is unable to meet anyone without a drink in her hand, and yet when she eventually meets a nice guy they turn the other way. Through the relationships she has had in the past, it has concluded that drinking was the problem that ended them. One ex-boyfriend even spelled it out for her in a letter complaining her drinking was the problem of their relationship. This ?loss? of her boyfriend started her to more heavily drink. ?The loss of a relationship is especially problematic because it fuels the woman?s perceptions that she is inadequate and has been unable to make the relationship work? (Roan 5). Alcohol eventually becomes a form of self-medication not letting my sister stop and the cycle of

everyday drinking to continue. ?Drinking women have difficulty distinguishing between real and fantasized feelings of warmth and affection and physiological arousal? (Roan 4). Coming along with women and drinking and being belligerent is the fact that women are more susceptible to unwanted sex and rape. Sexual overtures frequently occur when alcohol is present (Roan 4). Even when women are in relationships with men may also feel pressure for sex before they are ready. ?Some will consent, believing it is the only way to keep the man involved, others will be confused when their intimacy-seeking behavior is misinterpreted as seductive; a man may interpret a woman?s desire for a relationship as an invitation to sex?his way of expressing intimacy? (Roan 4). The problem with alcohol

and sexual intimacy is the threat of sexual violence such as rape. When women drink it is easier for the law to consider her ?behavior suspect, and she is less likely to be taken seriously if she complains? (Roan 5). This is the sad part of drinking where the rape experience can lead to depression and anger, which often leads to more drinking. ?Ehrhard and Sandler stress the damage that acquaintance rape has on a woman?s ability to trust others and on her own capacity to distinguish who is safe and who is not? (Roan 4). Although, drinking can lead unwanted sex it can also lead to ?drunk? and unprotected sex. A.I.D.S and HIV and other sexual transmitted diseases have risen immensely in the past twenty years. Knowing this and that, ?drunk women are sexually irresponsible? (Roan 6),

I am scared for my sister. Through the thousands of women polled only ?15% of those women did not want sexual intercourse.? The other 75% of those women had one night stands and didn?t complain (www.glness.com). There were no statistics on condom use or disease prevention was documented. An informal statistic from the Missouri State University showed, ?seventy-four percent of sexually active women would not have had sex if they had not been drinking at the he time? (Berman 66). In the study disease wasn?t discussed as much as how when women were interviewed they said it was easier to have sex when they were drunk rather then sober. Ultimately women used the drinking as an excuse. ?If you wake up next to someone you?re not attracted to, you can always say you were drunk?. Women

should stop living in the moment and realize they might have slept or are going to sleep with a sexual partner with a deadly disease. Not only sexual alcoholics are at higher risk for sexual diseases but at greater risk for liver damage and breast cancer. Among the heaviest of drinkers ?usually defined as 14 or more drinks a week?alcohol causes physical ailments such as liver disease ?Some studies, for instance, show that as few as three drinks a week may increase a woman?s risk of breast cancer by 50%. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among women? (Roan 3). Also, alcohol may make a woman more susceptible to hemorrhage stroke in which a blood vessel breaks. Studies show alcohol may interfere with bone calcification, making women at higher risk for

osteoporosis? (Roan 3). This information seems scary, but is true and needs to be understood. I did my own survey questioning if people knew that drinking not only effected the liver but breast cancer and heart disease. More than 75% of the respondents had no idea. Although, this information can see as quite depressing, there is good news for light wine drinkers. Studies show that ?drinking moderate amounts of alcohol?particularly wine-can protect against heart disease for both sexes. This is especially important for women because after menopause women?s rates of heart disease skyrocket. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in women? (Roan 3). What the obvious difference between men and women are their bodies. Situations my sister runs into that the people she drinks with