What is 'Wine Mom' culture and why is it damaging to women?

Normalising daily alcohol consumption to take the edge off parenting is damaging to women, says author Melanie Murphy.

Sober for five years now, Wine Mom culture has been Melanie Murphy’s 'biggest trigger since quitting alcohol'

At first glance, ‘Wine Mom’ culture seems to offer a tongue-in-cheek alternative to the unrealistic standards peddled by the domestic goddesses in their immaculate all-white homes and disarmingly obedient progeny.

But normalising daily alcohol consumption to take the edge off parenting is damaging to women, says Dublin content creator and mother-of-two Melanie Murphy.