https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-dapxg-1b46102
In this episode Dr. Curtis Peterson examines McAndrew and Edgerton’s “Drunken Comportment,” showing that while alcohol universally impairs sensorimotor skills, it does not automatically dissolve moral restraints. Drawing on cross-cultural cases—from the Abipone and Yoruba to the Kamba and Mixtec—he demonstrates that social norms and rituals shape how people behave when intoxicated.
The episode argues drunkenness is culturally scripted, not purely biological, challenging the excuse “the alcohol made me do it” and suggesting our beliefs about alcohol may train people to act in expected ways when they drink.