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Sex & Alcohol
Some Surprising Statistics on Sex & Alcohol
College Drinking
- 80% of students drink.
- 90% of students feel that they do not know how to drink responsibly!
- 60-70% purposely get drunk.
- 50% of men and 35% of women are binge drinkers (have five or more
drinks in a row at least every two weeks).
- 25% of all college age women drink to the point of being drunk four
times per month!
Women and Alcohol
- Women get impaired faster and stay impaired longer than men.
- One drink puts about the same concentration of alcohol in the brains
of women as two drinks for men.
- Research indicates that women may be more affected by alcohol in the
3-4 days just before their menstrual periods than at other times.
- Drinking one drink per day will add 10 pounds per year to weight.
Sex and Alcohol
- 80-90% of college students have had sexual intercourse.
- Almost 50% of unplanned sexual encounters are under the influence of
alcohol!
- 80% of first sexual experiences occur under the influence of alcohol!
- By senior year, 81% of students have had sex because they were drunk.
- College students who mix alcohol and sex report having more partners
whom they know only "slightly" or "moderately."
- Alcohol impairment often leads to: not knowing your partner; not
having a condom available; not using a condom; or not using it
correctly.
- In two-thirds of unplanned pregnancies, the woman was intoxicated
during sex.
- 60% of STDs are transmitted when the partners are drunk.
- Drinking games are used on campuses as a way for males to deliberately
get females drunk quickly, often for purposes for sex.
- 40% of men in one study thought it was acceptable behavior to force
sex on a woman who was drunk.
- 75% of admitted date rapists said they used alcohol to get dates drunk
so they would have sex.
- 90% of all sexual assaults occur under the influence of alcohol!
- Chronic or continuous drinking, even in college students, destroys
testosterone in males, causes withering of the testicles, enlargement of
male breasts, loss of hair, and impotence.
- Large doses of alcohol in females may cause lack of lubrication or
orgasm. In males, it can cause difficulties in achieving or maintaining
erections.
Sources
"Alcohol and AIDS," U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Alcohol
Alert 1992; 15: 1-4.
"A Time-honored Campus Tradition: Binge Drinking." Tufts University
Diet and Nutrition Letter 1992; 2.
Strunin, L., and R. Hingson, "Alcohol, Drugs, and Adolescent Sexual
Behavior." International Journal of Addiction 1992; 27: 129-146.
Butcher, A., et al, "HIV-related Sexual Behaviors of College
Students." Journal of American College Health 1991; 40: 115-118.
"Alcohol Plus Sex Equals," New Jersey Collegiate Consortium for
Health in Education, Rutgers University, 1992, 1-4.
"Effects of Alcohol on Sexual Function by Sex and Amount of
Alcohol," in Patricia J. Bush, Drugs, Alcohol, and Sex, 1980.
"Women and Alcohol," McKinley Health Center, University of
Illinois at Champlaign-Urbana, 1985.
"More Drink to Get Drunk in College," Atlanta Constitution,
June 3, 1992.
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