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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Violence Against Women. 2018 Sep;24(11):1327–1348. doi: 10.1177/1077801218787927

Table 3.

Examples of Men’s Comments About the Effects of Alcohol on the Female Agent’s Behavior in Laboratory Study (N = 87)

Illustrative Quotes
Alcohol had a disinhibiting effect
  1. “I think that she wanted to go further than just a kiss. It’s much easier to get with a girl when she’s had a few drinks, especially if she isn’t really feeling you at first.”

  2. “It made her open to my advances more.”

  3. “She was nicer than she was before and it loosened her up. I think the amount of alcohol she drank had a lot to do with the fact that she let me touch her boobs.”

  4. “It made her more talkative and lowered her inhibitions when it came to physical activity.”

  5. “During the second date, she seemed a bit more intoxicated because she let me go a bit further with her sexually and I think alcohol is the reason for that.”

  6. “Made her loose and more willing to engage in something a step further.”

  7. “She seemed more sexually aroused.”

Alcohol had no effect
  1. “I don’t think she was affected by the alcohol. Even when I tried to get closer to her, she was assertive and said that we should do something else.”

  2. “None, she was very aware of what was going on.”

  3. “None as far as I could tell.”

  4. “I couldn’t even tell she had alcohol in her system and didn’t really make her drink to begin with”

  5. “I don’t believe the alcohol had any significant effect on her decisions throughout the dates.”

  6. “I didn’t notice any changes in her behavior.”

  7. “I don’t think alcohol had any effects on her behavior.”