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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
by saalweachter 2y ago
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.
- mock-possum 2y agoDo women not drink? Or are men somehow more susceptible?
- saalweachter 2y ago> 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.