Overachieving Women Will Drink You Under The Table

Brains and booze go hand-in-hand, according to a new study carried out by the London School of Economics.

The researchers found that women who went to university consume more alcohol than their less-educated counterparts and they are twice as likely to drink on a daily basis. In fact, this can all be predicted at an early age—the study points out that schoolgirls who scored medium and high test marks are 2.1 times more likely to drink daily as adults.

These boozy broads also tend to postpone parental responsibilities and hold off on having children, likely work in male-dominated offices, and we're guessing have afforded themselves a life of luxury that allows them to pour only the finest Chardonnay into their coffee mugs in the morning. [via Fimoculous]

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By Jen Carlson in News on April 6, 2010 2:49 PM

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Alex

What do people do at college? They drink. A lot. Alcohol is addictive. Highly addictive. Therefore, the habit of drinking forms rather easily. Duh. This is nothing new.

JRod5417

Holy crap! This article is about me.

JacqueMehoff

Where are these women???

gawzmta

I have been telling people how hard it is being the smartest person in the room for many, many years. If you people knew what you sounded like, you'd understand the appeal of daily drinking as well.

You: "Derk derk durp durp durp"

mx0

If you've been telling people how hard it is being the smartest person in the room "for many years," I'm sure you've been doing quite a bit of drinking alone, whether you realized it or not

Stephanie

I'd rather drink alone than with the foolish people I've encountered.

Livius

I can vouch for this! Cheers!

umme

What's up with calling this group of women "Overachieving"?! College-educated + working (let's be honest; 90+% of offices are male-dominated) = achieving, not overachieving. Cheers!

fishfryin

90% of offices are male dominated? where do you work?

if you're actually trying to say 90% of CEOs are male then i agree but every office i've ever worked in has been way female dominated

juliec

I drink to that.

imadick

a more apt pic woulda been the chick from raiders of the lost ark.

JenChungsBaby

They're trying to forget how empty their wombs are as they bang against that glass ceiling.

cxb

Most SMARTER people drink more b/c it's killing us to live in a world this retarded.

[author fills his tub with vodka and sinks beneath the gentle waves...]