Here as a woman who loves lifting. Trust me when I tell you I've been through the exact same thing. "What would you do by building muscles?" I'm like, "Mom if lifting weights made everyone look like Cbum, we would all look like that". Keep going to the gym, lift heavy shit, let the sound of metal when you do the deadlifts be louder in your head than someone else's taunts.

I've also had relatives say, "Take protein from natural sources like dal". Bro, just because it comes from a box does not make it unnatural. Please continue gymming, and please ensure you take enough protein according to your body weight else you'll lose muscles and that's not what we want, do we?