#social drinking

Women drink. 60% of all U.S. women, and over 75% of women on Glow, to be precise. Drinking is fun. Sex is too! Sometimes they combine to make a great cocktail, but other times, not so much. What’s the best recipe to combine the two?

Sex and drinking have been in the news a lot recently — and haters and lamer sections of society love nothing more than blaming women when sex and drinking go south. Women are told that any dicey sexual encounter that happens under the influence is “our fault,” that dressing more conservatively and not staying out late will help keep us safe.

None of that BS is true. Alcohol may sometimes be a factor in sexual assault cases; it is never the “cause” — and it is never, ever a woman’s fault when she is sexually assaulted, no matter her BAC.

We’re committed to changing the conversation around alcohol and sex. So we took a deep dive into our Glow data to investigate. This is what we learned.