2006-10-04 02:35:13 · 5 answers · asked by Deirdre O 7 in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
The barriers are some women are single mothers and have to worry about losing their children to the system while they are in treatment. If they are single mothers who will pay the bills why they are in treatment.
The biases that exist against women being addicted. Society definitely looks at women differently then at men on this issue.
There are very few treatment centers designed specifically for women and also many women that have addiction issues also have issues separate from those of addiction that may or may not contribute to the addiction, such as child hood trauma, sexual molestation. And these issues need to be addressed along with the substance addiction.
Hope this is helpful, God bless
2006-10-04 05:20:36 · answer #1 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Women have no more stigma or barriers from seeking treatment for alcholism than do men...
Any addiction to anything for either sex has a negative social impact.
2006-10-04 03:16:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
stigma, depends on the circumstance the find themselves in. Remember woman are brought up with the unseen eye watching them all the time. They have pressure to be perfect - wife, mother, colleague, boss, singleton, cook etc etc etc. When they find that they are less than perfect and have to admit this to the world, the stigma that is attached to that are huge.
2006-10-04 03:58:14 · answer #3 · answered by tay_jen1 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The fact that they're alcoholic.
Sometimes feminism wants to blame all women's problems on everyone else. That's not true. Women have to be able to admit their own errors and problems.
2006-10-04 02:37:18 · answer #4 · answered by nice_boobs 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
None that are any worse than being a female drunk.
2006-10-04 02:42:57 · answer #5 · answered by notyou311 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋