" Patriarchal oppression and misogynistic societal expectations play the biggest roles in a culture's drinking habits. The double standard that drinking women face is deeply rooted in male anxieties about control and their fear of women acting like people, not property.

If you want to know how a society treats its women, all you have to do is look into the bottom of a glass. "

― Mallory O'Meara , Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol