One of the major issues which affect most women is drinking that eventually turn women into alcoholic. Did you know that women get affected by alcohol more than men even if consumed in a lesser quantity? In a woman’s body the body fat is much higher while there is less water compared to the body of a man where it is just the opposite.
So, even if a woman consumes alcohol which has been diluted considerably, the effect it has on her will be much stronger than when compared to men consuming the same diluted alcohol. That is why when a woman consumes alcohol she gets drunk much faster than most men who consume the same quantity.
Studies have proven that when a man and a woman of the same height and weight take the same amount of alcohol, the blood alcohol level in the woman’s body was much higher than that in the man’s body. As a matter of fact the blood alcohol level in a woman’s body rose to three times the level in a man’s body and also it took three times longer for a woman to have the alcohol content in her blood to be eliminated from her body.
In a human body it is the liver which works finally to break down the alcohol and eliminate it from the blood. While in a man’s body the liver works extra hard and takes about an hour to have one drink processed it takes much longer for the liver in a woman’s body to do the same job.
Women take to drinking for many reasons. This is because women have to deal with a whole lot of issues in their life at different periods. Stress, diet, exercise, hormonal problems especially when they are passing through the menopausal stage and coping with other health related issues like cancer etc is driving many women to consume alcohol. Also drinking behavior among women differs according to their age, the marital status of the woman and their role in life.
Women who drink heavily cannot get aroused that easily and it takes a lot longer for them to get aroused and have orgasms. But when young women drink heavily, these women tend to have early sexual experiences and are known to have multiple partners after drinking and also unprotected sex. When a woman drinks heavily she is known to become a victim of violence and sexual assault. Also the health problems which a woman who drinks heavily experiences are much more…
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