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For years, women alcoholics were protected or Ridden by their families. But flpfcr as more women are entering the work force and as bars ate becoming more accessible to women, society is becoming more aware of the female alcoholic, according to alcoholism counselor, Mrs. Joan S. Plzen, who teaches counselors, social workers and other professionals enrolled in the work-study sequence of the Alcohol Education Program at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Pazera says figures indicate that the ratio of female alcoholics to male alcoholics has jumped from one to four to one to two in the past decade And she predicts that as sexual stereotypes weaken, the ratio will be one to one.
“There is a real stigma on the woman who is identified as an alcoholic. Women are not supposed to be alcoholics. They are thought of as nice, neat, little mothers who do the cooking and keep the family together,” Pazera said. “It’s much more acceptable for a man to be an alcoholic than a woman. In the same vein, party goers will laugh at a drunk man...but very seldom will they laugh at a drunk woman. Television comedians often imitate drunk men, but never drunk women,” she added.
Because of this stereotyping, Pazera says that family members, along with doctors and professionals, often try to hide the fact that a woman has a drinking problem. According to Pazera, who is a recovering alcoholic
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