Post by Totheleft on Apr 24, 2024 14:16:31 GMT
I'm going to prove Alcohol is Anti-Sociable .
From various sources.
WHO Study.
Nightlife environments can provide a safe space for people to socialise and have fun. However, many studies suggest that they are also key settings for engagement in risky behaviours (e.g. excessive alcohol consumption; illicit drug use) and harms including sexual violence (Graham et al., 2017; Hughes et al., 2008; Tinkler et al., 2018), particularly amongst young people. Sexual violence can manifest in nightlife environments in a number of ways (Graham, Bernards, Abbey, Dumas, & Wells, 2014; Graham, Wells, Bernards, & Dennison, 2010; Kavanaugh, 2013). It may occur through misperceptions, such as when an individual incorrectly perceives another person to be sexually interested in them or a sexual action to be acceptable to them. It may be opportunistic, for example if someone takes advantage of crowding to touch another person or if someone's intoxication is exploited sexually by another person (Sanchez, Santos, Sanudo, Carlini, & Martins, 2019). Predatory individuals may target nightlife venues as easy locations for finding victims, particularly those who are heavily intoxicated. Such harms may occur directly within nightlife settings, or in other settings following a night out (e.g. sexual violence within the home following a night out, perpetrated by someone who the victim had met that night in the NTE). Critically, prevailing social norms may support sexual violence and prevent people from recognising this as such (e.g. if women who drink or work in bars are considered to be ‘loose’ or if being ‘touched up’ on a night out is accepted as normal behaviour) (Tinkler et al., 2018). Meeting potential romantic or sexual partners is one of the main reasons why young people go to bars and nightclubs, meaning nightlife environments can be highly sexualised (Graham et al., 2014). This, in addition to widespread alcohol (and drug) use, which can both reduce inhibitions and increase vulnerability to all forms of interpersonal violence (WHO, 2005), may complicate understanding and recognition of the issue. A broad range of factors at an individual, relationship, community and societal level have been associated with sexual violence.
NHS
risks associated with alcohol misuse include:
accidents and injury – more than 1 in 10 visits to accident and emergency (A&E) departments are because of alcohol-related illnesses
violence and antisocial behaviour – each year in England more than 1.2 million violent incidents are linked to alcohol misuse
unsafe sex – this can lead to unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
From various sources.
WHO Study.
Nightlife environments can provide a safe space for people to socialise and have fun. However, many studies suggest that they are also key settings for engagement in risky behaviours (e.g. excessive alcohol consumption; illicit drug use) and harms including sexual violence (Graham et al., 2017; Hughes et al., 2008; Tinkler et al., 2018), particularly amongst young people. Sexual violence can manifest in nightlife environments in a number of ways (Graham, Bernards, Abbey, Dumas, & Wells, 2014; Graham, Wells, Bernards, & Dennison, 2010; Kavanaugh, 2013). It may occur through misperceptions, such as when an individual incorrectly perceives another person to be sexually interested in them or a sexual action to be acceptable to them. It may be opportunistic, for example if someone takes advantage of crowding to touch another person or if someone's intoxication is exploited sexually by another person (Sanchez, Santos, Sanudo, Carlini, & Martins, 2019). Predatory individuals may target nightlife venues as easy locations for finding victims, particularly those who are heavily intoxicated. Such harms may occur directly within nightlife settings, or in other settings following a night out (e.g. sexual violence within the home following a night out, perpetrated by someone who the victim had met that night in the NTE). Critically, prevailing social norms may support sexual violence and prevent people from recognising this as such (e.g. if women who drink or work in bars are considered to be ‘loose’ or if being ‘touched up’ on a night out is accepted as normal behaviour) (Tinkler et al., 2018). Meeting potential romantic or sexual partners is one of the main reasons why young people go to bars and nightclubs, meaning nightlife environments can be highly sexualised (Graham et al., 2014). This, in addition to widespread alcohol (and drug) use, which can both reduce inhibitions and increase vulnerability to all forms of interpersonal violence (WHO, 2005), may complicate understanding and recognition of the issue. A broad range of factors at an individual, relationship, community and societal level have been associated with sexual violence.
NHS
risks associated with alcohol misuse include:
accidents and injury – more than 1 in 10 visits to accident and emergency (A&E) departments are because of alcohol-related illnesses
violence and antisocial behaviour – each year in England more than 1.2 million violent incidents are linked to alcohol misuse
unsafe sex – this can lead to unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
