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The Cult of Wine Moms

2024/7/23
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Amanda Montell：本期节目探讨"酒妈妈"文化，分析其是否构成邪教，以及其潜在危害。节目中探讨了"酒妈妈"一词的多种解读，既有轻松的解释，也有更严肃的解读，指出过度饮酒可能导致的健康风险，并强调讨论这一话题并非意在羞辱或责备，而是为了分析其邪教般的特征和潜在危险。同时，节目也关注了那些针对压力大且脆弱人群的营销活动，它们可能会使过度饮酒正常化。 Emily Lynn Paulson："酒妈妈"文化将饮酒视为育儿的必要条件，这是一种有害的观念。作者认为，讨论酒精对育儿和女性的负面影响并不等同于羞辱。酒精是一种有害物质，但人们对它的态度与对待其他毒品不同，这体现了文化的盲目性。"酒妈妈"文化的邪教特征在于其将饮酒行为转变为身份认同、文化和审美价值观。其标志性特征包括周边商品、群体认同感和危险的饮酒行为。社交媒体和营销策略是"酒妈妈"文化兴起的重要因素，"粉红清洗"策略更是误导消费者。女性比男性更容易将酒精作为应对机制，这与社会压力和性别角色有关。作者分享了自己的"酒妈妈"经历，以及在寻求帮助时，发现现有的戒酒资源并不适合她这样的高功能人群。缺乏育儿支持体系是导致女性过度饮酒的重要社会因素。退出"酒妈妈"文化的高昂成本包括个人层面和社会层面，需要克服羞耻感和重建人际关系。作者建议，在决定是否戒酒时，要认真思考酒精的益处和害处，并认识到酗酒并非个人的错。 Amanda Montell: 节目中还讨论了酒妈妈文化的特权性，指出只有在特定社会经济地位下，饮酒行为才能被视为轻松和可爱，并分析了酒妈妈文化中存在的性别偏见，例如将饮酒行为与女性联系起来，并将其视为一种放松和奖励的方式。节目最后，主持人与嘉宾一起探讨了酒妈妈文化的潜在危害，包括对个人健康和家庭关系的负面影响，以及其高昂的退出成本，并对酒妈妈文化进行了最终的评价，将其归类为"当心"或"赶紧离开"类型的邪教。

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Introduction to the concept of 'wine mom' and its cultural significance, highlighting the lighthearted yet problematic aspects of the term.

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**If you’ve ever seen a suburban lady wearing a tee shirt that reads, “I wine because he whines” or “I’m not a normal mom, I’m a wine mom,” then you have likely born witness to a follower of this week’s “cult.” Wine moms may have nailed the merch aspect of modern-day fanaticism with their culture of “rosé all day,” and there’s certainly valid solidarity in venting about the hardships of American motherhood over a glass of Prosecco or two. But… ten? At the kids’ soccer practice? Is any group that aims to cutesify alcoholism en masse ever not at least a “Watch Your Back”-level cult??? To help figure it out, please welcome this week’s special guest, survivor of both the wine mom cult AND the cult of MLMs (no small feat!!), author and sobriety coach Emily Lynn Paulson). **

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