TY - JOUR AU - Dumbili, Emeka W. PY - 2015 DA - 2015/02/21 TI - ‘What a man can do, a woman can do better’: gendered alcohol consumption and (de)construction of social identity among young Nigerians JO - BMC Public Health SP - 167 VL - 15 IS - 1 AB - The misuse of alcohol and other drugs among young people, especially students, is a growing global phenomenon. In traditional Nigerian society, different locally-produced alcoholic beverages served complex roles but were mainly consumed among adult males for pleasure. Though adult females in some communities consumed alcohol, the practice of drinking was culturally controlled. In contemporary Nigeria, available quantitative studies reveal changing patterns of alcohol use amongst youth but fail to unravel the social variables that motivate alcohol use among this group. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1499-6 DO - 10.1186/s12889-015-1499-6 ID - Dumbili2015 ER -