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SUMMARY:Sociology Seminar 8th Feb\, 2-3pm ALB Boardroom  by Laura Fenton
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DESCRIPTION:\nYou are warmly invited to the first Sociology seminar of 20
 17\, given by Laura Fenton\, Sociology.\n\nLaura's talk is entitled: 'Be
 yond 'Mother's Ruin': Re-conceptualising the Socio-Moral Regulation of W
 omen's Drinking'\n\nAbstract\nBritish women's alcohol consumption is wid
 ely thought to have increased markedly over the second half of the twent
 ieth century. According to some population health researchers\, this ris
 e is due to increasing gender equality and women's 'emancipation' from a
  traditional gender order. Drawing on my thesis research on the place of
  alcohol in the day-to-day lives of women born between the 1940s and the
  1990s\, this paper explores how women's drinking practices are shaped b
 y and evaluated within a gender order that remains to a large extent hie
 rarchical. In particular\, women's bodies are a key battleground in how 
 the impact of alcohol is imagined\, represented and regulated. The paper
  focuses on how intimate connections and embodied practices of care beco
 me sites for the socio-moral regulation of women's drinking\, including 
 forms of self-regulation. Prior to trying to conceive a child\, women ar
 e encouraged to avoid alcohol or to drink in moderation to protect their
  fertility (Waggoner\, 2013). Most research participants avoided alcohol
 \, felt watched if they did drink\, and described 'watching' themselves 
 during pregnancy. Motherhood subsequently introduced new demands\, elici
 ting creative strategies for 'hiding' rare instances of drunkenness from
  children's view. However\, while motherhood and its precursors are part
 icularly potent sites for the socio-moral regulation of women's drinking
 \, the paper explores how double standards of judgment similarly operate
  in contexts involving other kinds of embodied practices of care\, namel
 y friendship and heterosexual intimacies. The paper concludes by offerin
 g some initial reflections on the implications of the research for theor
 ies and scholarship on gender\, care and alcohol. \n
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