tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post3111985761621592263..comments2024-03-28T12:31:11.055-07:00Comments on Adventures In Keeping House: Women And AlcoholSannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08124283361844607678noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-52857858999979235382017-04-09T00:42:39.477-07:002017-04-09T00:42:39.477-07:00How very interesting! Yes, women were supposed not...How very interesting! Yes, women were supposed not to drink certain beverages, like beer and hard liqour as it was considered unladylike. And of course, only "women of the streets" ever got drunk in public. Sannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08124283361844607678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-89626472554087961602017-04-08T17:34:06.601-07:002017-04-08T17:34:06.601-07:00I have heard from old-timers here about what indee...I have heard from old-timers here about what indeed it was like here in Canada back in those days.<br /><br />Speaking of Gone With the Wind, I visited a plantation in Louisiana a couple years ago, and in touring it, we were told that, in the Antebellum period, while men visiting were offered some plantation rum (made from sugarcane grown, fermented, and distilled right there), women visiting weren't offered the same because it was considered uncouth for ladies to drink; however, instead, the women were offered slices of pineapple preserved in, ahem, plantation rum. So they got to have some after all, in the form of rum-soaked fruit. IMO, they got a better deal, because they got to have some nice pineapple to eat, too! ;)Will S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02714519301979594160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-75662601193583167132017-03-28T11:48:03.558-07:002017-03-28T11:48:03.558-07:00Interesting. Didn't "Gone with the Wind&q...Interesting. Didn't "Gone with the Wind" mention something about women drinking no more than a glass of wine in company (and none at home) and then only older women, too? Drinking apparently increases risks of getting breast cancer, unless very moderately. Sannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08124283361844607678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-9489940629486863412017-03-28T10:36:58.087-07:002017-03-28T10:36:58.087-07:00When I visited my grandmother in Canada in 1964 th...When I visited my grandmother in Canada in 1964 the bars had a separate female entrance. I do not know why it looked like. Apparently they were not allowed to drink with the men.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.com