A fresh study on Finnish drinking habits has revealed that alcohol consumption among women has increased, with the older generation doing most of the drinking, according to a report in Helsingin Sanomat.
The study surveyed some 2,725 people and queried them on their drinking habits in the past week.
In 2008, women drank 15 percent more than they did in 2000 when the last study was conducted. Women aged 50–69 showed the greatest increase – a rise of 35 percent.
THL (National Institute for Health and Welfare) researcher Pia Makela views the trend as extremely worrying. “It is not just the health effects; it is also about the security of the women themselves. When people go into a bar with a few stiff ones under their belt, drink heavily, and then stagger home, everyone knows that there are risks,” she said.
The latest figures show that moderate drinking has declined, with more women becoming intoxicated when they drink, SIKUnews reports. 42 percent of those surveyed said they drank themselves into an intoxicated state, as opposed to just over a quarter in 2000.
Heli Mustonen, another THL researcher claimed the rise was due to intoxication no longer being a solely male domain. “Previously, a certain moral border prevented women from using alcohol. However, society has become more liberal,” Mustonen said.
The older age group’s additional drinking has been attributed to relaxation of import levels and the 2004 reduction in alcohol tax.
Overall consumption in Finland has increased by around 20 percent in the past decade.
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She is certainly not British. Too many clothes, and not on all fours…
LOL!!
well, just right-clicked onto that pic “drunk.jpg” –> lmao
I wonder whether that mouth is real or digitally enhanced. Perhaps Finnish women have particularly flexible mandibles.
Fair enough Alex. Thank you for the explanation.
Hi Alfred,
The hat is also of the type worn by graduands in Iceland and Denmark (possibly all the Nordic countries); and while the news was sourced in Finland, I chose the picture myself from an image bank, purely for illustrative purposes!
Having said that: she probably is Finnish and there is a fair chance she has been drinking something. But my point is that we have no way of knowing.
Kind regards
Alex, respectfully…
The young lady in the picture is Finnish. The hat is one of the type given to graduating students in Finland. It is characteristically worn for Vappu (May 1st) by graduates, young and old, in Finland. This is a big drinking day in Finland. Are you implying that an article written in Finland about Finnish women’s drinking habits which shows a picture of a woman in Finnish attire might not be a Finnish woman after all? That’s a real stretch.
In the name of fairness, I should point out that the woman in the picture is from northern Europe; but not necessarily Finnish. I should also point out that there is no way of knowing whether or not she has been drinking alcohol.
Thanks for reading IceNews
Alex, editor
Look at the picture. What a respectable and dignified people the Finns are. I refer the reader back to my comments of July 6, 2009. Other than that, in reverence to Sund (see Sept 4 comment), who believes that I am uneducated and need a job, I will let this article speak for itself.
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