2011) and inpatient care (Raimo et al., 1999). Women have reported barriers to receiving services for substance use to be stigma, lack of support from family, difficulty finding services, and cost (Pinedo et al., 2019). These barriers are amplified due to their enhanced family role as mothers and the fact that such disorders are often seen as “male” problems (i.e., in Latino cultures) (Pinedo et al., 2019). One study has also noted a mediational model among white males and females whereby social pressure, legal consequences, and work-related consequences reduced females’ likelihood of receiving services for alcohol problems (Zemore et al., 2014). Thus, it would be negligent to ignore the possibility of sex differences when examining generational differences, especially considering how sex and gender norms have changed over the last several decades.
