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Female DUI's Increase 36% in Last Decade

A new study released shows that the number of drunken-driving arrests for women has shot up in recent years – by 36 percent in the last decade.

The study discovered that the average female drunk driver is older and better educated than her male counterparts. It also showed that the DUI female drivers are primary caregivers to children and have lower-paying jobs.

The study is showing that mothers are taking advantage of alcohol while parenting, and it is becoming a more common problem than we may think.

A popular blogger Stefanie Wilder-Taylor is an author who commonly jokes about alcohol abuse, in a funny sarcastic way. She said that she believe it isn’t funny anymore because so many reader are alcohol addicts.

“I joke around a lot and talk about drinking more than I actually do it; I exaggerate when I’ve had a bad day and say things like, ‘I want to drink my body weight in alcohol,’ and it’s funny. I’m being sarcastic and it’s funny, and everyone laughs. Except it stopped being funny. I can control myself some of the time, which is why it’s been so easy to rationalize why I continue to drink.,” Wilder-Taylor said in a recent post.

It was reported that she will be part of a panel in Washington to analyze the drunk-driving survey.

How do you feel about the parenting and cocktail mix?