College Students’ Perceptions of the Relationship Between Sex and Drinking

Gravitt, Gwendell W.; Krueger, Mary

doi:10.4324/9781315129259-9

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“…Previous qualitative research has found that women use female friends for protection (i.e., the “buddy system”; deCrespigny, 2001; Ronen, 2010). However, it can be difficult to execute these types of plans once group members are intoxicated (Brooks, 2011); moreover, there is some evidence that some men use strategies to get around the buddy system such as one man intentionally distracting the sober female guardian while the other moves in on her more intoxicated friend (Gravitt & Krueger, 1998). Therefore, it is important that bar staff (Graham, Bernards, Osgood, et al, 2014), party hosts, and men generally become more aware of unwanted advances and touching and take a role in stopping it.…”

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When Women Do Not Want It: Young Female Bargoers’ Experiences With and Responses to Sexual Harassment in Social Drinking Contexts

Graham

Bernards

Abbey

et al. 2016

Violence Against Women

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Women frequently experience unwanted sexual touching and persistent advances at bars and parties. This study explored women's responses to these unwanted experiences through online surveys completed by 153 female bargoers (aged 19-29) randomly recruited from a bar district. More than 75% had experienced sexual touching or persistence (46% both). Most women used multiple deterrent strategies, including evasion, facial expressions, direct refusals, aggression, friends' help, and leaving the premises. Women experienced negative feelings (disrespected, violated, disgusted, angry, embarrassed), especially from incidents involving touching. Cultural change is needed to reduce substantial negative impacts of sexual harassment on women in drinking and other settings.

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