Blog #33: Relevancy of Peer Pressure

Peer pressure is relevant to today’s society and can affect all ages, but it tends to affect college students the most next to high school kids. Peer pressure occurs in all colleges and in many different forms. It is present in almost every college organization or club and it all depends on the group of people involved in the organizations. Peer pressure comes in both negative and positive forms and is relevant to college students. Peer pressure will always be around in colleges and it all depends on how each group and people in the groups deal with the different pressures. One of the biggest forms of peer pressure in college has to do with binge drinking or getting black out drunk. This form of peer pressure affects about half of the college population and mostly affects males over females. Male college students are affected to a great extent because they are constantly trying to fit in and keep up with their buddies. Female college students are not affected as much because they are afraid of the negative effects of drinking, such as sexual abuse. However, positive peer pressure is relevant to college students all over. It affects kids involved with community service projects, which is benefit both the community and their well-being. Also positive peer pressure can help students find out who they are and where they belong in society. It can make them a stronger person and change their personality for the better. So, peer pressure will always be relevant to a college students' life. Peer pressure will always have a good and bad effect on the lives of college students; it just all depends on how each of them deals with it.