Happy belated New Year!Given that the holiday season is a time when a lot of people consume significant amounts of alcohol AND get frisky while under its influence, we thought we’d kick off 2019 with an episode that ties drinking and sexual consent. Specifically, how does being intoxicated impact people’s perceptions of their own and their friends’ ability to consent to sex? In her unusual “naturalistic bar study” (more on that in the podcast), Dr. Michelle Drouin from Purdue University enlisted drunken bar goers and their friends to take a half-hour break from drinking so they can blow into breathalyzers and answer questions about sexual consent! Her findings and our conversation on just how much alcohol impedes people’s ability to consent, and how our society should deal with this issue isabsolutely FASCINATING! Don’t miss it! About our Guest Dr. Michelle Drouin is aprofessor at Purdue University with a PhD in Developmental Psychology from the University of Oxford. She is a...