A new study out of the Yale University School of Medicine has found that men are more likely to seek comfort from alcohol than women when they’re upset.

Why am I not surprised?

As part of the study, Yale researchers took 54 social drinkers (27 men, 27 women) and subjected them to three different imagery scripts ("stressful, alcohol-related and neutral/relaxing") in order to gauge their emotional and bodily responses.

When faced with the stressful story, "women reported more sadness and anxiety than men." They also dwelt on these emotions for extended periods of time. Men, on the other hand, reported increases in their alcohol craving and opted to avoid thinking about these negative emotions than dwelling on them.

The take-away, then, is that women are more expressive about their emotions than men, and men would rather drink than openly talk about their feelings.

Does this mean that every keg-drinking frat boy is really an emo manbaby on the inside? Probably not. The study suggests that it's probably just more socially acceptable for men to drink. So, they may just be more accustomed to drinking, regardless of the reason.

For more details on this "groundbreaking" research, go here (in case you missed the other three hotlinks).