much of your experience with this depends on who you are and how society perceives you. I do not drink alcohol, but I am also a 6ft tall competitive weightlifter. People usually don't question my "no, thank you". And while I have had the annoying person persist and try to get me to drink, they're usually gone after I've reached my 2nd stage of "did you not hear me say no?". I suspect the experience of a less tall and muscular woman might be quite different when it comes to people trying to undermine her choices.
society has a lot of "defaults" that we're suppose to accept. drinking is one. cars is another. eating meat is often one. Some people see it as an attack on their identity when you reject choices made by their society.
society has a lot of "defaults" that we're suppose to accept. drinking is one. cars is another. eating meat is often one. Some people see it as an attack on their identity when you reject choices made by their society.