The study adopts a qualitative comparative approach to better understand how different dimensions affect social norms regulating alcohol consumption. Female and male attitudes towards drunkenness were analysed on the basis of data from 27 focus groups involving a total of 166 participants from Italy, Finland and Sweden, grouped by age cohort (17–20 and 50–65 years) and educational level. Results suggest that gendered drinking norms may be affected more by the drinking culture than by the degree of gender equality, thus providing a possible explanation of why gender differences in drinking are not always consistent with broader gender inequalities.

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地中海和北欧国家不同代际醉酒的性别关系

该研究采用定性比较方法，以更好地了解不同维度如何影响规范酒精消费的社会规范。根据来自意大利、芬兰和瑞典的 166 名参与者的 27 个焦点小组的数据分析了女性和男性对醉酒的态度，按年龄组别（17-20 岁和 50-65 岁）和教育水平分组。结果表明，性别饮酒规范可能更多地受饮酒文化而非性别平等程度的影响，从而为为什么饮酒中的性别差异并不总是与更广泛的性别不平等一致提供了可能的解释。