Study which found that most college men don't look for a lady to match them drink for drink, now says the myth that guys like women with the naughty cachet of "Girls Gone Wild" has been debunked.
According to a survey of 3,616 college students at two American universities, an overwhelming majority of women overestimated the amount of alcohol a typical guy would like his female friends, dates or girlfriends to drink.The results can be found in the March issue of Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, published by the American Psychological Association.
"Although traditionally, men drink more than women, research has shown that women have steadily been drinking more and more over the last several decades," said the study's lead author, Joseph LaBrie, PhD, associate professor of psychology at Loyola Marymount University.
"Our research suggests women believe men find excessive drinking sexually attractive and appealing, but it appears this is a giant misperception," the expert added.
For the study, the researcher team invited the participating students, ages 18 to 25, to complete an online survey during the 2007 fall semester. The students were at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles or the University of Washington.
The women answered several questions to determine, on average, how many drinks they thought a typical college man would like his female friends to drink at a typical event, as well as the maximum number of drinks they thought the men would like their female friends to drink.
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The researchers also asked the women to estimate how much they drank in any given week or month, and how much alcohol they thought the average woman at their university drank in any given week.
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Both estimates were nearly double what the men actually preferred. They also found the women who overestimated the men's preferences were more likely to engage in excessive drinking.
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