Gender differences in teenage alcohol consumption and spatial practices

Abstract

In recent years teenagers have reported a decline in under-age drinking at the same time as their access to public space has been increasingly curtailed. In this paper we explore the spatial practices and drinking behaviours of a group of teenage girls and boys aged 13-14 years in Liverpool, UK. Our analysis considers how their use of space was bound up with experimentation with alcohol and how this varied by gender. We find in support of previous research that both girls and boys report nuanced experiences of public space, with some enjoying greater freedom while others have moved into more domestic and supervised leisure spaces in response to fears about their safety in public spaces. The boys also reported less alcohol consumption than the girls. These gendered experiences were mediated by social relationships and encounters with other young people, their parents and carers and other adults in positions of authority.

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“…While considerable research has been published about teenagers' and young adults' drinking places (Holdsworth, Laverty, and Robinson 2017;Demant and Landolt 2014;Trell, van Hoven, and Huigen 2014;Landolt 2011;, less attention has been paid to the spaces and contexts beyond drinking venues in which consumption habits and attitudes towards alcohol are transmitted, maintained, and interrupted. Certainly, academics have argued that parents' and carers' attitudes and practices (Valentine, Jayne, and Gould 2012), peer-to-peer drinking stories (Tutenges and Sandberg 2013), and personal alcohol and drinking images (Lyons et al 2017;Niland et al 2014;Brown and Gregg 2012) contribute to drinking cultures.…”

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