November 19, 2004
Women Hold Their Alcohol Better Than Men Do; To Get the Job, Butter Up the Interviewer; Cannabis Can Block Some Cancer-Triggering Viruses
In the war of the sexes, women may be the victors -- at least when it comes to drinking. Psychologists at the University of Kentucky have discovered that men's loss of inhibition under the influence of alcohol is far greater than women's.
Observations and experience suggested that men tend to become more aggressive when drunk than women do, but no one had ever tested the notion. Mark T. Fillmore and Jessica Weafer recruited for their study 24 social drinkers: 12 men and 12 women.
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