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Tuesday, 27 September 2005 12:32 | BNN: British Nursing News Online · www.bnn-online.co.uk
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A survey entitled “Anatomy of a big night out” has found that increasing numbers of young women take sexual risks and are vulnerable to assaults after drinking.
The Portman Group study, which surveyed 500 women and 500 men aged 18 to 30, revealed that over a third of young women had been sexually assaulted while drunk and 34 per cent had had unprotected sex.
Women were also found to be more likely to become aggressive while drunk than men, with more than half admitting to getting into arguments, compared with 45 per cent of males, and 27 per cent of women revealing they had been arrested while drunk, compared to 16 per cent of men.
And nearly one in five female respondents (19 per cent) said they had been injured through an accident while drunk, compared to 14 per cent of men.
The survey was conducted as part of the Portman Group’s “drinks diary” campaign, which encourages people to log their drink consumption.
The study also looked at the reasons why people chose to drink heavily, with nearly a third of men and women saying they drank when they had had a bad day or week, 31 per cent saying they drank to boost their confidence and 34 per cent citing peer pressure.
Portman Group chief executive Jean Coussins said: "What is most alarming of all is the fact that young women seem to be risking more than young men.
"They are getting into more fights, more arguments and are being arrested or cautioned by the police more than young men."
The free drinks diary is available at www.drinkaware.co.uk.
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