Drinking is a signal of agreeableness and extraversion, which are highly valued status-enhancing traits. Not drinking when the context calls for it signals a lack of compliance with group norms—and does not have a status-enhancing spin to it that can be sold as “cool rebellion.”
Drinking is a signal of agreeableness and extraversion, which are highly valued status-enhancing traits. Not drinking when the context calls for it signals a lack of compliance with group norms—and does not have a status-enhancing spin to it that can be sold as “cool rebellion.”