But unlike its sister struggles, the temperance movement now has a bit of a bad reputation. But the motivations and makeup of the temperance movement are more complicated than their simplified legacy would suggest. Perhaps the feminist energy of the temperance movement is why the liquor industry lobbied so hard no only against the temperance movement, but against women’s right to vote. What is the price that women pay in enduring sexual violence, sexual harassment and domestic violence, for men’s good time? Prohibition taught us that outright bans on booze don’t work, and a ban on alcohol consumption by men wouldn’t work, either.

Source: The Guardian January 03, 2020 10:07 UTC