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Women get drunk faster than men due to biology not tolerance (www.dw.com)
submitted 6 days ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca to c/publichealth@mander.xyz
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[โ€“] gustofwind@lemmy.world 26 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The biology is weighing less and having slightly more fat to water

[โ€“] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 22 points 6 days ago (2 children)

wait, where did we think tolerance came from if not biology

[โ€“] gustofwind@lemmy.world 19 points 6 days ago

I have no idea. Dumbest headline Iโ€™ve seen in a while

[โ€“] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Sometimes the term refers to the body's ability to process due to experience, but that doesn't fit here.

[โ€“] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Maybe they were trying to spin it as a moral failing?

[โ€“] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Sounds about right.

[โ€“] Psythik@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Water is wet.