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The problem is, peer pressure works the exact opposite of the way it should these days. They're actively encouraging self-destructive behavior.
It's been like that my whole life. Part of normal growing up was being told how to avoid negative influences from peers and modern culture. In a healthy society, the village can help raise the children. Today, we protect our children from the village. This trans trend is just the peak of cultural sickness.
You know, there are times for sure where peer pressure is bad of course. However, we have overvillainized peer pressure and applying shame. It actually has a value and a use in the right context and situation that is not only helpful to society but to the person being shamed/pressured. Obviously this VERY MUCH depends on the EXACT situation; what I just said does.
Slut shaming used to be a great method of teaching girls that actions have consequences that last a lifetime, and they should weigh that choice heavily.
Now we have entire generations of girls whose own instincts are slut shaming them and they are being driven mad by it, while they desperately try to redefine happiness as popping 3 different anti-depressants and crying into their cats.
And that's just one single form of shaming.
It's like humanity is subconsciously enforcing the Darwin test on itself.