The Science of Toga Parties

ny times ^ | January 5, 2008 | John Tierney

[george76]

Field work can be hell. But thanks to the dogged researchers who attended 66 college parties in Southern California, now at last it can revealed:

Playing drinking games at a party leads to increased levels of alcohol in the bloodstream.

Fortunately, that wasn’t the only result of the investigation reported in the January issue of January issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research.

I don’t know why women would drink more at themed parties, but I do have a hypothesis: Could it be a coping mechanism for dealing with the sight of guys like John Belushi dressed in togas?

[george76]

it’s not that women drink more than men at themed parties, its that men drink LESS than they usually do - they’re too focused on the scantily clad girls and maintaining their motor skills so they can hook up with a drunk girl.

— ken

[george76]

One of the more interesting findings was that young women drank more heavily than males at themed events. It is rare to find any situation where women drink more than men, and these events tended to have sexualized themes and costumes.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-01/ace-icp122807.php

[Yo-Yo]

"Toga! Toga! Toga!"