The Subtly Sad Tale of Peer Pressure

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[{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1501508794726","data":"Way back when I was young and innocent, when I was just starting college, my mother was very insistent on warning me of the dangers of the iconoclastic college-going folk who were going to offer me drugs, booze and cigarettes and tempt me into joining them in their debaucherous pursuits. I'm now a senior in my final year at college and I can honestly tell my mother than not once has anyone ever offered me so much as a too-oily dosa to tempt me.<\/p>I don't mean to say that these things don't happen; they do. However, the fact remains that the most common sort of peer pressure is subtle and insidious and is often not addressed, hidden in the haze of the aforementioned debauchery. It takes the form of seemingly harmless things like a new food trend, a new hangout stop, disliking a particular professor, bunking a class or conforming to a particular personality type- being bubbly and anxious to please, for instance. No one ever warns us about these little things that worm their way into our subconsciousness and have us utterly convinced that there is a certain way we have to be to be popular.<\/p>There seems to be a common view that peer pressure involves the creation of mindless, bumbling airheads who all look, talk, walk and act the same (refer Mean Girls). This is pass\u00e9; peer pressure is not that straightforward anymore. I've learned from personal experience that to be likeable in colleges around here, one needs to be generally jovial, not be intensely passionate about anything and not hold any strong opinions on anything including- but not limited to- politics, socio-economic conditions, culture and literacy, among many others.<\/p>Another different, but equally harmful way it can sneak into our lives is the pressure to be 'different'. It encourages students to adopt outlandish ways to stand out. That doesn't imply that being different from other and standing out is bad, but doing so as a deliberate attempt at attention, when it is out of character is pretty sad. Nothing should make us change who we are just to be liked.<\/p>Peer pressure is a vast concept with no one form or clear indication. It can only be tackled by being sure of who you are and what you're comfortable with and not letting any other factor influence either of those.<\/p>"}]

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