title: 'Man up!' Discursive constructions of non-drinkers among UK undergraduates.
abstract: This study adopted a discursive approach to explore how not drinking alcohol (non-drinking) is construed in relation to masculine identity among 12 undergraduate interviewees. Three prominent discourses were revealed. First, non-drinking was constructed as something strange requiring explanation. Second, contradictory discourses constructed non-drinking as, simultaneously, unsociable yet reflective of greater sociability. Third, non-drinking was constructed as something which has greater negative social consequences for men than for women. Opportunities for challenging traditional gender role expectations are considered.
authors.affiliation: University of Sussex, UK.
authors.forename: Dominic
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Conroy
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: de Visser
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D057228:Masculinity; D036301:Qualitative Research; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D006113:United Kingdom; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult