Aspies and peer pressure.

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One would assume that aspies would be less likely to be under the influence of peer pressure. Isolation and a little socializing would obviously count for this, but not all aspies are socially isolated. It could also be said that aspies may prefer being around people less likely to follow conventional peer activities and tastes. So if this were true, I guess one could say that peer pressure could be less of an influence on the general aspie population?

On a personal note I never really felt the need to behave a certain way in order to be accepted by a group, coz I felt I was too different to fit in anyway. I think this has led me to be more independent in my choices for so many things. It seems that I favour a lot of things that my peers usually do not. What do you guys think?

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How can you feel the peer pressure if you have few friends? No one would come up to you and tell you to do certain things and it is the hardest to resist peer pressure if you are popular in the first place and you don't want to lose your popularity.

Aspies can still get influenced by their pees. If they are striving to be normal and be like everyone else, they are going to go copying people and wanting to be just like them. They can even let their peers take advantage of them because they are so desperate to have friends and fit in and be accepted. The aspie might full well know what is going on but he or she is too desparate to not do it what their peers are telling them to do like "show me your bra."


I've been there myself so I know. Then when I decided to just be myself and follow my own authority, I stopped. But if I saw things kids were doing and it was awesome, it was hard for me to not do it because I felt the urge to do it too like jumping off a cliff and into the river. I actually did that on a senior trip in high school. We went river rafting.