Peer Pressure is a social pressure by members of one's peer group to take a certain action, adopt certain values, or otherwise conform in order to be accepted.
To me peer pressure can come off as positive or negative. The positive side of peer pressure is when your friends pressure you into becoming a better person, or help you strive to your personal goals, kind of like cheer leading. They are cheering you on. However, the bad side of peer pressure is when people pressure you to conform to their standards. These could be to pressure people into smoking, taking drugs, stealing and all the other things that means you would be breaking the law.
Sometimes peer pressure can get very violent, as sometimes people egg people on and therefore shows that it's very dangerous.
This is an article explaining how a man killed himself in a chat room on web cam as the people on the chat room wanted him to kill himself.
To me this is sick, peer pressure when it's negative can cause horrendous consequences. I think that people should just listen to what they think themselves, and should not listen to what other people have to say. As they should live their own lives the way they want to. If someone is pressuring you into doing some that you don't want to do...then walk away. Don't let peer pressure take over!!
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