Brit-Asian women don't drink?

Most Brit-Asians are from the Indian sub-continent. The new generations of British born Asians are adopting more open and 'integrating' lifestyles in the UK. This shift in trends is both alarming and noticeable when it comes to drinking alcohol and other intoxicating substances. This article from desiblitz.com highlights the changes and visual aspects of this issue, especially related to UK Brit-Asian women and girls.

Drinking alcohol and a high consumption of it, has been associated with Brit-Asian men for many generations but today the trend is veering towards young Brit-Asian women.Changes in lifestyle, more personal freedom, professional careers, increased socialising and financial independence has led the new generations of Brit-Asian women in the UK, using alcohol as a means to project these advances and shift in social status.

However, as with any habit, it is difficult to control if it gets out of hand, and this habit of drinking alcohol, especially amongst young Brit-Asian women, is becoming noticeable. In particular, binge drinking with a difference. The difference being that an increase in young Brit-Asian girls being drunk, is more visible on nights out during university and college term times, than at other times in the year.

Seeing a young Brit-Asian girl, possibly in her early 20’s, very drunk, slightly concious, lying on her back alone on the footpath, next to a pool of vomit at the front of a public Cinema entrance, is not exactly the picture that would be a respectful advert for the Brit-Asian youth and culture of today. But sadly, this is the case and this kind of scene is becoming a norm amongst many Brit-Asian youth on a night out in a popular British city or town like Birmingham or London.

This possibly implies that these young women are drinking more during their newly found freedom of studying, working or living away from their controlled or more strict family environments. Plus, the affect of peer pressure and being part of a crowd that encourages drinking plays an influential role. Also, it’s evident that many Brit-Asians now accept drinking as a way of life more readily now than in the past amongst both sexes. For example, Asian women are drinking at weddings and social functions openly now, which is something that was not so common say a decade ago in the UK.

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