MailOnline has spoken to women around the country about their drinking habits and what they think of the female British drinking culture.
MailOnline spoke to women around the world about female binge drinking in UKBritish women are coming under increasing pressure to drink after being 'targeted relentlessly' by alcohol companies , cheap supermarket deals and offers of boozy brunches, experts have warned.
Others have slammed the 'intentional marketing campaign by the alcohol industry' to 'pink up' drinks as part of a 'relentless' campaign to target women. Victoria Voight, a social media manager in Warsaw, claimed her parents were planning to send her to a boarding school in England but chose not to because of 'British women and their drinking habits'.
Nearly one in five adults reported binge drinking at least once a month on average across 29 OECD countries in 2019. The figure varies from less than 3 per cent in Turkey to more than 30 per cent in Germany, Luxembourg, the UK and Denmark According to a 2016 study by the universities of Bristol and Cambridge, selling wine in larger wine glasses encouraged people to drink more, even when the amount of wine remains the same.
'Women have also been targeted relentlessly by alcohol companies over recent decades, encouraging them to drink more and more. As a result, alcohol-related health problems among women are becoming more common.' 'I feel more sociable and it helps me meet new people. I think this is a common thing to do in England especially, it's just the culture here.
Elayne Tate, 63, from Newcastle, said: 'I work in the NHS and it's a fairly stressful job so I do like to come home and have a glass of wine at the end of the day. NHS worker Sheelagh Leonard, 70, said she drinks on a weekend socially with friends or when seeing bands.'You would see people in supermarkets with 200 toilet rolls and 200 bottles of booze,' Ms Leonard, from Newcastle, said.
Women are pictured ordering drinks at Borough Market in London. A new report found British women are the biggest binge drinkers in the developed world 'We did see increases and higher risk drinking throughout the pandemic after the first lockdown, and this has been maintained since, with rates of heavier drinking not returning to pre-pandemic levels,' she said.
Ms Hopkins added: 'There's a lot of pressure on people at moment, people will turn to drink when times are like this but in my experience it is not happening in a pub environment.' 'Women may drink more because they often take on full-time jobs as well as caring for children and the household. They have a lot of added stress.'
Vanessa Hebditch, director of policy and communications at the British Liver Trust Vanessa Hebditch said: 'As alcohol has become increasingly accessible and affordable and more engrained as part of our culture, many women have found themselves turning to alcohol as a means of relaxation, stress relief, or social connection.'
She said: 'Quite a lot of them have shots. They are tiny and it's one after the other. They don't realise how much they've had to drink until they go outside and hit fresh air.' Bar worker Ashley Hayes, 38, from Edinburgh, said that her old-fashioned pub Robbie's sees more women now than they did in the past.'The women are likely to come in less often but are more likely to drink more. Guys will come in and have maybe one or two pints and then go home for dinner but women are coming in at weekends.'
At the CookHouse Pub in Newcastle, near the railway station, bar manager Becky Day , 31, said young women 'like to have a good time'Ms Bromberg, who was buying an Aperol Spritz slushie in Borough Market with friend Amanda Thomason, 28, added: 'People tend to have wine or a beer here.
Ms Day said women at the CookHouse 'don't realise how much they've had to drink until they go outside and hit fresh air' The health service states both men and women shouldn't drink more than 14 units a week, with single small glass of wine equivalent to 1.5 of those. Another reason for women drinking more was the daily stress of their lives, with Mr Hamilton saying the Covid pandemic and the cost of living crisis could be driving more women to the bottle.
'The needs of women accessing treatment need to be considered, for example many women will be the primary caregivers for their children so ensuring child care is available and that clinics are female-friendly is crucial.' 'This was likely due in part to stress, boredom and change of routines during the first and subsequent lockdowns.'Dr Oldman said this was due in part to an increased rise of alcohol advertising aimed at women.
Vanessa Hebditch, director of policy and communications at the British Liver Trust added: 'As alcohol has become increasingly accessible and affordable and more engrained as part of our culture, many women have found themselves turning to alcohol as a means of relaxation, stress relief, or social connection.'
'Millions of people attend hospital every year with alcohol-related conditions. And our police and courts spend a huge proportion of their time dealing with alcohol-related crimes. Belinda Phipps, chief executive for national drugs, alcohol and mental health charity WithYou, has highlighted the importance of raising awareness about harmful drinking.
The highest percentage of binge drinkers were in northern Italian regions bordering Austria, where the population has more of a Germanic drinking culture. 'I've been to London a few times and I've sat in a pub and had a soft drink and I've been shocked to see women just drinking pints and bottles of beer – with nothing to eat.
'We would have an aperitivo with maybe an Aperol and a few nibbles and that would last a couple of hours and then go to a restaurant where we would have a bottle of wine. 'It's cold in England so people stay indoors and drink at home or in the pub. In the Mediterranean the weather is warmer. 'We will savour a glass of wine or an Aperol and of course we will have something to eat with it, I would not go out with the aim of just having glass after glass of wine and getting smashed.
Those interviewed by MailOnline in Poland firmly believed that British women are the biggest drinkers. Ms Galecka added that she sometimes sees groups of women out on hen nights 'shouting and screaming'. She added: 'They are pretty wild.' She said: 'It's because of British women and their drinking habits that my parents didn't send me to school in England. When I was younger they were planning to send me to a boarding school near London.
Olga Wieckowska, manager of a trendy wine bar in Warsaw, said that in Poland she usually sees female Brits who are businesswomen and tend to be more 'sophisticated'.
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