The social pressure from friend and acquaintance to…

“I think the argument that no whites are free of racism is quite erroneous. But then, on another level, does it really matter if…

— Truman Capote

Pressure has always been more of a friend than a foe for me with songwriting.

— Mark Foster

Self-censorship as a result of intimidation or social pressures, sometimes referred to as "political correctness", constitutes a serious obstacle to the proper functioning of…

— Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

If something is inconvenient, even if we believe in it, moral suasion, financial incentives, don't do much to move us but social pressure, that's…

— Suman Rai

“Skinnerian conditioning, crossed with social pressure, is now an ever-present invisible hand that tries to manipulate all of your actions on the internet. This…

— Charles Seife

“Step 1: Mold Their Perception Step 2: Elicit Congruent Attitudes Step 3: Trigger Social Pressure Step 4: Habituate Your Message Step 5: Optimize Your…

— Nick Kolenda

“To resist the social pressure now put even on one's leisure time, requires a tougher upbringing and a more obstinate willfulness about going one's…

— Robert Graves

“To eliminate nonessentials means saying no to someone. Often. It means pushing against social expectations. To do it well takes courage and compassion. So…

— Tommy Brown

'Prom' is a movie that follows a bunch of high-schoolers' lives leading up to the prom, the climax of the movie. It focuses all…

— Cameron Monaghan

For many, the hijab represents modesty, piety and devotion to God, and I truly respect that. But the hijab should not be used as…

— Queen Rania of Jordan

Regardless of the cultural system, social pressure to appear straight seems to be fairly intense cross-culturally. Indeed, one is inclined to wonder, if being…

— Alice Dreger

“And yet the standards of Christ and His Church have not moved. As He said, 'The truth abideth forever and ever.' When we understand…

— Robert D. Hales

“Fashion is one of the greatest forms of manipulation.”

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

Of course, peer pressure has a strong positive component. It provides the social cohesion that allows the very development of communal affiliation. But peer…

— Charles D. Hayes

There are really exciting things happening in genetic and neurobiology right now, and really looking at the ways in which different not just illnesses,…

— Jonathan Michel Metzl