GENDER EQUALITY: More Aussie women are driving drunk

IT'S the one aspect of gender equality women could do without. The percentage of females convicted of drink driving is at record highs and set to continue rising. 
 
In the year to June, 20 per cent of all drivers convicted of drink driving were women, up from 17 per cent a decade ago, The Daily Telegraph reported.

Experts said while there were several reasons for the disturbing trend, the main factors were that women were drinking more like men or driving to protect their inebriated husbands or partners.

Dr Lucy Burns, a senior lecturer at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre and a specialist in alcohol and women's health, said women's drinking habits were becoming more like men.     Read More