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Study Finds 'Ladette Culture' Putting Women at Greater Risk of Alcohol-related Deaths
The finding is based on the figures from the UK's Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Ladette culture is a female offshoot of Lad culture, which is stereotyped for mainly males, and involves a liking for alcoholic beverages (especially lager), football, fast cars and men's magazines.
The ONS study found that women apeing men are increasingly dying from liver disease, cirrhosis and alcohol poisoning.
Frank Soodeen, from Alcohol Concern, said that with higher pays, young women can now afford to drink more, and this may be one reason why they are getting sucked into the ladette culture.
"Women who work can often afford to drink more and, particularly for those working in male-dominated occupations, an existing heavy-drinking culture can be an additional risk factor," the Daily Mail quoted him, as saying.
The ones who are especially vulnerable to this are bar staff and pub managers followed by the office junior, who are young workers that carry out tasks such as photocopying, delivering mail and data entry.
Actresses and female entertainers are also at high risk of drinking themselves to death.
Teaching assistants, dinner ladies, nursery nurses and childminders are the ones who are the least likely to die from drinking, the study found.
The ONS study looked at 13,011 deaths among men and 3.655 among women between 2001 and 2005.
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