Young Women Drinking

Thanks to drinking games, like beer pong, women are starting to reach drinking levels similar to guys.

A new study by a Loyola Marymount University researcher reveals that such drinking contests are now actually more popular with young women than young men.

Beer Pong (or Beirut if played with paddles) and other drinking games have become a way for young women to bond with men or scratch a competitive itch, says the study's author, Loyola psychology professor Joseph LaBrie.

Young women increasingly acknowledge that they're "drinking like a guy" at parties.

The stakes for females are different, though. Heavy drinking is higher-risk behavior for women, whose physiological differences and smaller bodies mean they absorb alcohol more quickly.

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