women are subject to pathological thinking as much as men. we've all noted, I'm sure, that some women deliberately look for and choose 'bad guys'. yep its a pathological thinking matter. show some people where the bad guys are, who they are, what they do.... and some people are drawn like metal to a magnet.
but imo you both have the right idea: stop alcohol being sold to some people. as its impossible to determined who "some people" are until they're legally judged by a court, alcohol then should be priced and sold under the same method applied to tobacco. very effective in some ways. but even this, as we've seen in Vic particularly, has many problems.
