According to studies, women who engage in unhealthy alcohol consumption behavior face greater risks to health than males who do the same. Evidence suggests that women can develop dependence faster than men as well as suffer the consequences of alcohol-related illnesses sooner than the other sex.

Diseases usually linked to inordinate alcohol consumption include heart disease, liver disease, ulcers, reproductive problems, osteoporosis, pancreatitis, and memory loss among others. More alcoholic women die from cirrhosis of the liver than do alcoholic men.

A study by the Journal of the American Medical Association, indicated that risks of breast cancer rises with the volume of alcohol regularly consumed. Moderate drinking can reduce the chance of getting breast cancer. In the study women who drink two to five alcoholic drinks each day, were 41 percent more likely to develop breast cancer and several digestive-tract cancers than those who do not drink.

Additionally, it is concluded that women get drunk a lot faster than men. Women have lower levels of Alcohol Dehydrogenase (ADH) which is an enzyme involved in the metabolism of alcohol. Even factoring in differences in body weight, women register higher blood alcohol concentrations than men from the same amount of alcohol.

This can lead to many non-medical problems for women, including dangers of rape, blacking out and accidents.