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Re:Torpedo juice: Legendary, illegal WWII liquor drunk in Al... by saalweachter on Thursday December 19, 2024 @01:04PM (#42464085)
Alcoholism in Russia, and most of the former USSR is just like, real bad. The sex ratio in Russia is something like 80 men : 100 women, and it's mostly due to alcohol.
Re:Torpedo juice: Legendary, illegal WWII liquor drunk in Al... by mock-possum on Thursday December 19, 2024 @04:00PM (#42465657)
Do women not drink? Or are men somehow more susceptible?
Re:Torpedo juice: Legendary, illegal WWII liquor drunk in Al... by saalweachter on Thursday December 19, 2024 @04:46PM (#42466022)
> Do women not drink?

Kinda, sorta? The global data is roughly "the more patriarchal a society is, the less women drink".

> Or are men somehow more susceptible?

That's also possible, but it's hard to suss out of the data, because the cultural aspects are so large. In some countries, alcohol use is like an order of magnitude higher for men than women, and in others it's roughly equal.