Sunday, December 28, 2003

Drink, Drank, Drunk

In The Sunday Herald, online, there is an article entitled “‘The stereotypes of the male and female drunkard are the same as they’ve ever been. In a man alcohol is the harbinger of violence; in a woman, casual sex’," written by Vicky Allan.  The title, pretty much gives you an idea of what will be discussed within the piece.  The piece ends this way,

"To drink is freedom, abandon, losing our dignity, our ever restraining self-consciousness. It’s also to succumb to a social pressure that defines and limits our interaction with other people. As Dorothy Parker once said, “All excess is ill, but drunkenness is of the worst sort. It spoils health, dismounts the mind and unmans men. It reveals secrets, is quarrelsome, lascivious, impudent, dangerous and bad.”

And therein lies its appeal. It’s all the things ladies aren’t supposed to be."

I enjoy a drink or three myself but find those who can’t handle their liquor, male or female, for the most part, boorish.

Via J. Orlin Grabbe.

Posted by John Venlet on 12/28 at 10:20 AM
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