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Men more likely than women to crave alcohol

eurekalert.org — A new study of emotional and alcohol-craving responses to stress has found that when men become upset, they are more likely than women to want alcohol.

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  • OKeric, on 05/12/2008, -1/+18Well, I'm not surprised by the findings of this new study to be honest.
    • NgrHader, on 05/12/2008, -3/+4In other news more men than women like women...couldn't be just a tad more obvious could we? Not to mention that Coors Lights officially allowed us to rant at will...
    • Dylson, on 05/12/2008, -1/+2Me either.
    • sandburn, on 05/12/2008, -1/+2eureka!!
    • Troy64, on 05/12/2008, -0/+1I need a drink.
  • Jimgress, on 05/12/2008, -4/+70Well that makes sense. Men usually use alcohol to deal with women.
  • algo, on 05/12/2008, -4/+8This is a very important study, print out copies and leave them for wives/gfs when they upset you.
  • CynicSight, on 05/12/2008, -1/+16All I got to say is: No *****.
  • DOUBLEZER00, on 05/12/2008, -3/+21**BREAKING** In a follow up study, more men watch and enjoy porn than women!! Ground breaking stuff!!
    • NotOptium, on 05/12/2008, -0/+9This just in. We're being told that more men also watch porn drunk than women. Back to you, Tom.
      • Jwoey, on 05/12/2008, -3/+7ITS RAINING SIDEWAYS
      • dudefaceguyman, on 05/12/2008, -5/+3Thanks Diane, and they only watch porn drunk when you're involved--annd tonight at 11! Men orgasm before women. -Aside from me that is. Heh. Heh. So worth getting fired to say that on national television. Wait what? We aren't on air yet? ..I didn't say that then. HEY, you heard WRONG old man behind the camera! How's my hair? Sexy? Damn straight it is.
    • drex8, on 05/12/2008, -1/+4They should do a follow up study about which gender pees more after drinking the same amount of beer.
  • diegocg, on 05/12/2008, -0/+32Another study found that when they're not upset, men also drink more.
    • drex8, on 05/12/2008, -3/+1Even another study found that when they are downset, men also drink more.
    • yojiffyskippy, on 05/12/2008, -0/+1Another study found that real men don't get "upset".
  • fejjfunklamella, on 05/12/2008, -7/+2...and in other news, gravity makes stuff fall down, water is wet, and the sky isn't falling....
    • stevealford, on 05/12/2008, -0/+2This just in from the contrarian department: gravity attracts objects with mass to each other, not necessarily in a downward motion ("down" is all about perspective... completely relative); water isn't wet when it's in a solid state (frozen); and the sky IS falling at all times, yet rising as well as temperatures change and the air shifts.
      • Dylson, on 05/12/2008, -0/+5BREAKING: Shut the ***** up. Back to you.
  • mcvetyty, on 05/12/2008, -9/+2I don't think it is surprising either. I believe that males are more likely to be OCD than females and feel that there must be some link between the two. Surprisingly, I was actually recently doing research on this and found a site that speaks to craving all sorts of crazy *****. Beer is one of the items on the list, but I dont think its a mystery that guys like beer more than most women! hahah, check out these crazy people: http://iswhaticrave.com
    • BoonTobias, on 05/12/2008, -10/+2***** what the ***** is OCD, i want some OGC baby
  • blinkatron, on 05/12/2008, -1/+7More money wasted on crap we already know! *grabs a beer*
  • Narcism, on 05/12/2008, -3/+7In a related study, men also more likely than women to crave vagina. Details tonight at 11.
  • serif69, on 05/12/2008, -1/+16Women more likely than men to crave Häagen-Dazs

    A new study of emotional and ice-cream-craving responses to stress has found that when women become upset, they are more likely than men to want Häagen-Dazs.
    • xxvtcxx, on 05/12/2008, -3/+15It's because of women who crave Häagen-Dazs that men crave alcohol.
    • GanjaGirl, on 05/12/2008, -1/+4Mine is more of a chain reaction really. Upset --> weed --> munchies --> Haagen-Dazs.
    • web2pointYo, on 05/12/2008, -0/+2Unscientific study by me this weekend...
      I looked over at the starbucks drive-through near me and saw 10 cars in line...number of females driving those cars. 10.
      hmmmmmmmmm. Im going to need a couple million in funding to continue this research. and a frappuccino.
      • serif69, on 05/12/2008, -0/+1You can have a couple million in funding or a frappuccino. Having both would cost way too much.
    • suzannethetiger, on 05/12/2008, -0/+1Häagen-Dazs?! You misogynist bastard!
      (It's Ben & Jerry's. duh)
  • dynelol, on 05/12/2008, -6/+3From what I'VE seen, women have MUCH MORE addictive personalities. They tend to be heavier smokers (of anything) and they seem to gain dependencies to pills more easily as well.
    • Jwoey, on 05/12/2008, -3/+3I was thinking this same thing, but... I think it may be that women who have addictive personalities are more demonstrative than men. They may talk about it more often in constant attempts to justify themselves.
      • dynelol, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1They stopped giving a ***** about their doings being right quite some time ago.
    • yojiffyskippy, on 05/12/2008, -1/+3Using the girls you've "seen" as a sample isn't very accurate. It could be that YOU are causing the behavior in the women that you've seen. I'm just sayin.
      • dynelol, on 05/12/2008, -0/+1I meant girls i've met and girls i've known. Though your comment does remind me that almost all women will do their best to believe that every fault they have they can blame on someone else.
  • pilot101, on 05/12/2008, -2/+3wow they needed a study to find that out? geez where can i get funding to research useless crap.
  • HookmasterCH47, on 05/12/2008, -3/+2in other news... i've got nothing
  • ninjan, on 05/12/2008, -0/+4That article freaked me out. I need a drink!
  • Bornhuetter, on 05/12/2008, -0/+8I crave women more than alchohol
  • NaziHatinChimp, on 05/12/2008, -0/+6I smell a snow owl.
  • RandomLog1c, on 05/12/2008, -0/+7+1 to the "No ***** Sherlock" Science Award!
  • borez, on 05/12/2008, -0/+2Yep and women just go shopping... spending our beer money
  • insonh, on 05/12/2008, -9/+4In Russia, alcohol crave you
  • HillerMylife, on 07/24/2008, -0/+5This article is pretty sobering... I could use a drink after reading that.
    • mhummel, on 05/12/2008, -0/+0I'm afraid it will take six hamburgers, scotch all night,
      and nicotine for breakfast just to put you right...

  • Pinkertinkle, on 05/12/2008, -1/+8Next headline: Men more likely than women to crave sex.
    • trumpcard, on 05/12/2008, -8/+2Next headline:Women likely to give birth to babies than men.
  • gotrootdude, on 05/12/2008, -8/+6 I'm not surprised. Younger men are less religious and more likely to hang out in a bar.

    Older men are generally married to a woman who thinks her job consist of sitting at home, getting fat, watching tv while the man works all day and does all the mechanical work around the house, we're still expected to tend to the kids when we get home, mow the lawn, take out the trash, get disgusted at the shape of our "castle" house from the wife not doing housework, get griped at by the woman because she believes in fairy tale weddings where the man is supposed to be absolutely perfect in every way. Us older men go to work after dropping off our kids at school while our wife sleeps on the couch, we come home at five-eight o'clock at night after doing manual labor all day, to hear the wife talk on and on and on about every detail of what happened during the day and what he did wrong. We need a damn beer every once in a while!

    It's impossible for a man to walk in a woman's shoes. We men already know that, and we know your day was somehow hard. BUT, we don't want to hear all negative crud when we come home! We work hard too!

    I've been married three times. Not because I've been bad. I did my work, made the money, changed diapers, done the homework. Yet, I've never met a single woman who just wanted life to be simple, without believing in fairy tale lives.

    Women are more apt to be depressed. Their constant depression makes us more apt to drink.
    • KSUdesigner, on 05/12/2008, -0/+6There's a reason you've been married 3 times. Hint: it isn't the women you marry, it's you.
    • mciampa1214, on 05/12/2008, -0/+3chill out dude, go have a beer
    • Forky, on 05/12/2008, -0/+2I feel sorry for those three women that didn't run away in time.
    • iheartrendering, on 05/12/2008, -0/+1You're a douche bag.
    • gotrootdude, on 05/13/2008, -0/+0:)

      1st wife went to prison. She did something really stupid with one of her friends, not me. Married out of high school, divorced in first year.

      2nd wife was insane. (I got custody, and raised my four kids for multiple years.)

      3rd wife is a winner. (Great woman. Sometimes gets a bit depressed when dealing with our teens, but she more than pulls her own.)

      This post is unpopular because it's true. I'm not saying all woman or men are like that, but there is a good amount that are.
  • MrFurious2k, on 05/12/2008, -0/+5...about as shocking as discovering men die younger than women.
  • DteK, on 05/12/2008, -3/+2"last night I think I ***** the bed, got so drunk I gave a dude head. Life is just a merciful blur when you pop a Pißwasser"

    http://blog.wired.com/games/files/pisswasser.mp3
    • coyote1284, on 05/12/2008, -0/+3Guy: Man, I got so ***** drunk last night I blacked out, next thing I knew I was in my yard blowing bubbles.
      Bartender: It happens.
      Guy: You don't understand. Bubbles is the name of my dog.
  • FecalHurler, on 05/12/2008, -0/+2There's a shocker.
  • TripcodeMel, on 05/12/2008, -2/+0On the flip side: Women are more likely than men to crave chocolate ice cream. OM NOM NOM
  • kenedamick, on 05/12/2008, -0/+2The people responsible for this study clearly haven't met my ex girlfriend.
  • Zippo, on 05/12/2008, -0/+4Another fine study brought to you by Professor Obvious and his No ***** Sherlock team.
  • Hercules, on 05/12/2008, -0/+1In related news, water is wet.
  • geniusboyjm, on 05/12/2008, -0/+1Well...surprise, surprise, surprise!
  • jefuchs, on 05/12/2008, -0/+1Another great story from the Obvious New Network!
  • Dante2005, on 05/12/2008, -0/+1Foreign news just in - Living here in Ireland I call this story a complete fabrication.
    Although perhaps I agree in a general global sense.
  • ChooChoo3000, on 05/12/2008, -0/+2I only drink 5 days during the week and 2 days on the weekends.
  • RaspberryTang, on 05/12/2008, -0/+0Yeah, this is something we all knew for a long time.
  • sfacets, on 05/12/2008, -0/+2Is this a study on American men? I mean, have you ever been to Australia?
  • Khorpo, on 05/12/2008, -0/+1Alert the media. This is news.
  • sandersdamnit, on 05/12/2008, -2/+2this just in -"Women more likely to crave attention because they feel their father did not love them enough, also they like to shop and *****"
  • sandersdamnit, on 05/12/2008, -0/+4Breaking News "Women more likely to have vaginas than men"
  • Witchbaby, on 05/12/2008, -0/+4As a recovering alcoholic, these are obviously not hard-and-fast facts.
    Women loooove some booze too.
    • yojiffyskippy, on 05/12/2008, -2/+1You do understand the phrase "more likely" right?
  • WhoDoneIt, on 05/12/2008, -1/+0That article was depressing...
  • robbymcdobby, on 05/12/2008, -0/+4The sample size for the study was only 54 men and women. I don't find that terribly convincing. Get a larger sample size and run it again.
    • picosan, on 05/12/2008, -0/+2yeah just make sure I get an invite to the next one...
  • Chahrlie5, on 05/12/2008, -0/+2Seriously, who are the ***** that fund these studies in the field of "No *****"
  • supertaliman, on 05/12/2008, -0/+1I could have told you that..
  • orthodoxDrew, on 05/12/2008, -0/+1makes me want a drink
  • pyro789x, on 05/12/2008, -0/+1More than 4 times I read this as "Men more likely to crave woman than alcohol"
  • andyduncan, on 05/12/2008, -0/+1Well that's a depressing finding.... God I could use a drink.
  • dstz, on 05/12/2008, -0/+1The difference is likely to be small enough to not matter at all in practical terms. I know plenty of women who drink (or drank) too much, and sober men... i mean, 57 people in one study doesn't even account for the experience of 1 average partygoer.. wtf
  • Nephrastar, on 05/12/2008, -0/+1I thought that this was common knowledge?
  • yingjai, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1i'm always craving for beer, but i haven't had a drop of alcohol for a couple of months
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