In a recent report out of the British Journal of Psychology, a new study shows that men who are under the influence are not likely to overestimate a woman’s age to a great extent.

These same men claim that their sexual predatory offenses should be reduced to a lesser degree, due to their skewed perception under the influence of alcohol and its effects on their “digital processing.”  In layman’s terms, dudes think that because they tied a good one on and had it bad for a young chick, they shouldn’t be held accountable for their actions because … why?  Simply because they’re the “victims” of alcohol and its effects!

Dr. Vincent Egan, the psychologist who initiated and compiled information on this study, states that:

“Even at considerable levels of drunkenness, males are not disproportionately impaired in estimating the age of made-up immature female faces.”

This more or less boils down to some skeevy dudes who have a debilitating lack of integrity, purely being pervs and not utilizing age discrimination when they decide who they want to prey on.  They tailor their “game” to whomever it happens to be that catches their eye and the alcohol only intensifies their unwanted advances.

I always wondered who these much older men thought they were while selecting their lovely ladies-in-waiting for the evening.  I know that when I used to frequent the bars in younger days, it didn’t seem to matter how old I was at the time, and how old that skeevy guy was, either.  The men simply thought by the mere power of suggestion and the casual purchase of a drink that I would fall helplessly, sexually into their waiting arms.

This new study poses the question, since what it’s actually doing is disputing the notion of alcohol’s effects on differentiating child from teen from woman; if it’s not the alcohol acting out, what is it?

I’ll go as far as to say that alcohol genuinely does, at times, allow you to do certain things that you wouldn’t ordinarily do when sober.  Either way, in my opinion, it doesn’t matter what the shoddy excuse is; regardless of alcohol-fueled benders, accountability has to be taken somewhere.  The girl who has been robbed and raped unconscious can’t really show much accountability for someone else’s actions.  Especially not when she’s lying in a dark alley outside a pub somewhere.  However, as I’m sure you know, there’ll be some guy up there on the stand weeks from the incident, blaming his own bestial actions on inebriation.

I don’t buy it.  Maybe it’s just me; maybe I’ve been “lucky” enough that any personal consumption of alcohol has not utterly and completely clouded all of the decision-making receptors in my brain.  I, personally, can’t fathom someone blaming a god-awful decision on alcohol.  You can’t tell me that someone can allow themselves to get to the point where they don’t know what they’re doing.  I say “allow” because that’s precisely what it is; a choice.  I’m sure you’ve all seen someone in the bars who plays the martyr; I’m sure you all have a friend that states that they “black out” when they drink and it possesses them to do things that they wouldn’t ever ordinarily do.  But I honestly believe that if you’re a good person on the inside and you generally have a credible history of decision-making, no matter how far the alcohol infusion has gone, you’ll know where said line is and if you’ve crossed it.

I used to date a guy that was pretty nasty when he drank.  I only saw it really come out when he was drinking, but what he was doing was really giving me a glimpse at what he was truly like on the inside.  He was a mean, nasty son of a bitch and I was better off well-shot of him.  It didn’t matter what he was like when he was sober; he showed me his true colors while under the influence of alcohol.

Good old Dr. Egan said it best:

“People are always seeking excuses for the bad things that they do.”

3 Responses to “Alcohol Myth Debunked?”

1. Laura says:

   April 20, 2009 at 6:44 pm

   So if men can, in fact, somewhat accurately discern a woman’s age even when they are intoxicated, does that mean that there will no longer be such a thing as statutory rape?

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2. mireee says:

   April 20, 2009 at 10:27 pm

   Completely agree with the last part – I am at University, the town where I study has got really cheap nights out for students. I drink like a fish, I usually cannot remember all that has happened during a night out (I can’t remember last Saturday), but if there is something I remember is that no matter how drunk I am, I am never going to be unfaithful to my boyfriend, and I am never going to trust a stranger. Ever.

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   • JorgeMacD says:

     April 20, 2009 at 11:52 pm

     How would you know that if you can’t remember what happened?

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