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Jun 2024
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The dangers of normalising "the wine mum...

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Have you heard about wine mums, or seen videos on social media featuring women drinking at boozy brunches?

Historically men have drunk more than women, but in recent years there has been an increase in women’s drinking.

In this episode of The Briefing Sacha Barbour Gatt sits down with Maree Patsouras from La Trobe university to find out about the lives of Australian working mothers and the place alcohol has.

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