Registration now open for “Women and Alcohol: Dangerous Pleasures?”
We are delighted to announce that registration is now open for the “Dangerous Pleasures” interdisciplinary conference presented by the “Drinking Cultures” project in conjunction with the “Women & Alcohol” research strand of the Drinking Studies Network. The conference will take place on 19-20 June 2025 in the Museum of Literature, Dublin, Ireland.
Registration is free. Please register using this link by 31 March 2025.
Lunch and refreshments will be provided during the day on both days.
At this conference, speakers will consider the perceived dangers of women’s drinking and drunkenness but also the pleasures associated with it. What counts as ‘dangerous’ shifts over time but constructions of harmful pleasure are usually gendered in ways that are culturally and historically specific.
Women’s pleasure has traditionally been treated as something to be contained or subjugated to responsibilities within the home and to the larger society. As such, it is often considered dangerous, to family, to community, to nation. Across the world, the disruptive potential and threat of women’s pleasure is often intertwined with alcohol. Against this background, the medicalisation of alcohol consumption further impacted societal attitudes towards women’s drinking in particular and often limiting terms. In some countries, legislation or more informal legal interventions by police, were also gendered and further policed women’s pleasures.
If you have any questions regarding the conference or registration, please email: dsndangerouspleasures@gmail.com.
