“Alcohol Allows You to Not Be Yourself”: Toward a Structured Understanding of Alcohol Use and Gender Difference among Gay, Lesbian, and Heterosexual Youth

摘要: This paper explores how homosexual and heterosexual women men exploit situational behavioral aspects of alcohol consumption using alcohol-related excuses to justify divergent gender displays. Seventy-eight in-depth interviews with a diverse sample youth are used examine counteract the deviance associated norm violation ease shame inappropriate It is in these contexts that dynamic approach structured action theory allows for an examination ways which situationally construct gender. investigation seeks understand situations use allow engage and/or ignore displays Also examined “alcohol excuse” experienced when either purposeful or accidental difference occurs. Conclusions illustrate fluidity gender, takes place, way which...