Friday, September 14, 2012
Peer Pressure
We have been dealing with the pressure to conform since we were able to talk. When communication begins, so does lying and the like. One time that stands out to me id a bit gross, days a lot about my brother, and is embarrassing My brother and my older cousins were always leaving me out of the hangouts, so I would do anything to be included. Knowing this, my brother and cousins would make me do all the grunt work. This included such tasks as; torturing the neighbor Angie via squirting her with mustard, throwing a pie at my dads boss on Halloween, calling the kids from their classes to embarrass and torture, and picking up a piece of rogue poop out of the toilet (the first of which I remember). I would do it all over again. I got rewarded by getting to hang out and prove my worth. These days the thing I do to conform are a lot less fun. They are usually just agreeing with what everybody wants to do to make a person happy, to appear easy going, are just to move on to the next subject. Not rewarding.
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Hi,
ReplyDeleteYour stories are very entertaining, I must admit. But I am pretty sure I would never do those things in order to attain those rewards. But that goes back to norms, it's just a norm in my family that I wouldn't ever break. However, we as people, all give in to peer pressure. One way or another, we will conform in order to reach something more desirable than our current state. I can be a bit of an adrenaline junkie, and when egged on, I can be convinced to do some fairly reckless things. However, I always remain aware of what I'm doing and am thankful for human's natural preservation instinct.
Hello blanch mortine,
ReplyDeleteI found your blog about peer pressure to be very interesting. It was a great idea to use your own examples to illustrate your perspective on peer pressure. Using compelling stories was a great technique to lure in your audience. You used your own personal experiences to demonstrate your experience with peer pressure. You did immoral actions to feel a sense of belonging in a group - what other members of groups do to also feel recognized.
Another great way to emphasize the power of peer pressure is to provide other member's experiences to justify how effectual peer pressure can be on other people in different types of groups. Other people may be more hesitant towards peer pressure and some may not even be affected. All in all, this was a very interesting blog.
I thought your story of your childhood experiences trying to fit in with your brothers is kind of funny and a little eye opening, because my brother would do the same to try and hang out with me and my friends. One thing that was eye opening for me was that it wasn’t till I was older that that I realized how much it kind of meant to me to have a brother that wanted to be just like me somewhat. I don’t know if your big brither feels this way, but I sure he does. I always wondered if the roles were reversed what things would I have to do to fit in with my brother.
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