Guys want girls to curb drinking

By Jennifer Harper

"'Our research suggests women believe men find excessive drinking sexually attractive and appealing, but it appears this is a giant misperception,' said lead author Joseph LaBrie, an associate professor of psychology at [Loyola Marymount University]."

"His study, based on a survey of 3,616 students at his own school and the University of Washington, found that 71 percent of the girls overestimated the amount of alcohol that the typical college man hoped his girlfriend or date would consume. More than a fourth - 26 percent - thought the menfolk wanted their female companions to consume five drinks or more..."

"'Both estimates were nearly double what the men actually preferred,' said the study, which was published in 'Psychology of Addictive Behaviors,' an academic journal of the American Psychological Association..."

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