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Contextualizing Students’ Alcohol Use Perceptions and Practices within French Culture: An Analysis of Gender and Drinking among Sport Science College Students

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Although research has examined alcohol consumption and sport in a variety of contexts, there is a paucity of research on gender and gender dynamics among French college students. The present study addresses this gap in the literature by examining alcohol use practices by men and women among a non-probability sample of French sport science students from five different universities in Northern France. We utilized both survey data (N = 534) and in-depth qualitative interviews (n = 16) to provide empirical and theoretical insight into a relatively ubiquitous health concern: the culture of intoxication. Qualitative data were based on students’ perceptions of their own alcohol use; analysis were framed by theoretical conceptions of gender. Survey results indicate gender differences in alcohol consumption wherein men reported a substantially higher frequency and quantity of alcohol use compared to their female peers. Qualitative findings confirm that male privilege and women’s concern for safety, masculine embodiment via alcohol use, gendering of alcohol type, and gender conformity pressures shape gender disparities in alcohol use behavior. Our findings also suggest that health education policy and educational programs focused on alcohol-related health risks need to be designed to take into account gender category and gender orientation.

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This research was supported by the French National Research Agency (ANR - PRAS GEVU, 2009–2012).

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  1. Maison de la Recherche en Sciences de l’Homme, 21 quai de la citadelle, BP 35528, 59383, Dunkerque Cedex 1, France

    Florian Lebreton

  2. Department of Sociology, The University of Akron, 260 Olin Hall, Akron, OH, 44325-1905, USA

    Robert L. Peralta & Lia Chervenak Wiley

  3. Health Advancement Research Team (HART), University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK

    Jacquelyn Allen-Collinson

  4. Université Lyon 1, Laboratoire sur les Vulnérabilités et l’Innovation dans le Sport (L-VIS EA7428), 27/29 Bd du 11 nov. 1918 – 69 622, Villeurbanne Cedex, France

    Guillaume Routier

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Lebreton, F., Peralta, R.L., Allen-Collinson, J. et al. Contextualizing Students’ Alcohol Use Perceptions and Practices within French Culture: An Analysis of Gender and Drinking among Sport Science College Students. Sex Roles 76, 218–235 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-016-0652-8

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