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How is peer pressure related to gender?

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Everybody has been through this pressure. Some conform to it knowingly, some unknowingly and some do not conform at all. After you cross teenage years, you are “supposed” to act in a certain way, dress in a certain way, walk in a certain way and talk in a certain way. read more

Peer pressure is strongly associated with Gender Role Conformity. Example: Many studies show that up until about grade six girls performance in science and math are on par with that of boys, but during adolescence girls' test scores and level of expressed interest declines. read more

Finally, we consider interactions between gender and peer pressure. We systematically analyze the effects of peer-pressure intensity on the productivity of women and men, working under differing levels of explicit incentives and peer pressure. read more

Picture a group of almost identically dressed girls sitting and giggling together and then think of a couple of boys walking around kicking garbage cans. read more

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