Why is it that beer is considered a man’s drink when a glass of wine or a cosmopolitan is more appropriate for a woman? Mallory O’Meara joins host Krys Boyd to talk about the history of women and alcohol, from a Sumerian beer goddess to today’s lighter fare and asks: when did drinking become so gendered? Her book is called “Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol.”
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