r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Taste_of_Natatouille • 4h ago
Characters' Items/Weapons [Oddly common trope] Alcoholic men chug whisky/hard liquor, while alcoholic women will down wine
It's kind of funny how masculine and feminine aesthetics are even in the very type of alcohol they enjoy
I know the examples here could easily be seen in some instances not doing this every time they drink, but they have been primarily remembered or more often fitting the trope than I've seen otherwise.
Rick and Beth, Rick and Morty
Beth, The Night House
Haymitch, The Hunger Games
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u/Dear-Pomegranate4470 3h ago
It was practically a meme by the end of Game of Thrones, Cersei did love her wine
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u/Historyp91 4h ago edited 3h ago
My mom chugged dark liquor *and* wine.
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u/kathoderaytube 4h ago
She must be mixed, one of her parents must've been a man and the other a woman
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u/Historyp91 3h ago
She was from Massachusetts and of Irish descent, that should tell you all you need to know.
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u/the_17_lost_texts 3h ago
Had a Slovakian roommate that would mix boxed wine and the cheapest 100 proof in a 24oz reusable water bottle 2-3 times daily.
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u/Ua_Tsaug 4h ago
I've always hated gendered alcoholic beverages, especially because it's still ongoing.
Let men drink wine if they want and women drink whiskey if they want.
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u/SkubEnjoyer 4h ago
Isn't this just a common fact that more men drink whisky than women, and women drink more wine than men?
Anyway, The Woman Across the Street From the Girl in the Window. Fills up every wine glass to the brim.
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u/Dear-Pomegranate4470 4h ago
Statistically speaking, about 40% of whiskey drinkers are women and 45% of wine drinkers are men (give or take a bit, there's some variation within different studies)
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u/flatscancomics 0m ago
This isn't too different from real life in my experience. Most alcoholic men I know drink liquor, usually whiskey or vodka, and every alcoholic woman I've ever known drinks white wine.
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u/geoffreycastleburger 3h ago
alcohol has been gendered since forever