Coping with societal Pressures and Demands

Hello Everybody,
We all have passed through One form of pressure or Another in our lives. Depending on your Age, Culture, Family or Society you find yourself, there have been pressures to conform to a particular Gender roles and expectations, or Pressure to a Particular Standard or Trend or Pressure to conform to achieve a particular goal or probably pressure to conform to a Political or Religious beliefs.

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What exactly is Societal Pressure?

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Societal Pressure is comprised of two different words: Society and Pressure. A society is a group of people sharing cultural aspects like Language, dress, norms of behaviour and also artistic forms.
Pressure is a force exerted on something or Someone. Haven known the definition of the two words, Here is the simplest definition of Societal Pressure:

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Societal Pressure can be defined as an exertion of Influence on a person or Groups of people. It can include rational argument, forms of persuasion, conformity, and demand. Many factors can be attributed to the causes of societal pressure such as Family pressure, Need to do more than peers and family members, exposure to drug and some extravagant lifestyle on Social Media, low self esteem, fear of rejection, Isolation, Poor Parenting and many others. The resultant effects of this pressure has placed a burden where if a person does not meet a particular expectation, he/she considers him/herself a failure.

Societal Pressure is not peculiar to some groups of people, but everywhere. I would be sharing some of the pressures and facing presently.

Being a Nigerian is a pressure on its own lol, The Nigerian Economy exerts pressures on its citizens and its quite Overwhelming, also being a man is another pressure in Nigeria, especially if you are the first born of the Family or the only Man of the family is another pressure you are going to experience. The truth is That societal pressure in Nigeria like Gender Roles and Expectation has made many engage themselves with some Illegal practices and Bad behaviours, many youth because of the demands the society is expecting from them they resorted in drug Abuse, Fraud, thugs , Betting and Many other things. In order to please the society, many have ignored their dreams and passion because it will take too long to succeed. They prefer to abandon what makes them happy to go for what makes the society happy, thereby hindering self-discovery and purposeful Liviny.

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Here are some Societal Pressure i am currently facing

The Marriage saga:
There have been a lot of Pressure coming from my Parents, my peers and other people about my Marital Status. In fact i have been under tremendous pressure from family and friends to get married. My Mum Even tried Match Making, even when she knows i am in a relationship with someone already.

Most of the time when i asked them why they are so much pressuring me to get Married, their reasons can be very ridiculous, some will tell me, i am ripe for Marriage, others will compare me with some other people, others will tell me because i am getting older.

How do i Overcome the Pressure being exerted by the society?

1. I stick to my personal Development and Goals. Most of the Time my response to all the people that are putting pressure on me to get married is that: I am Working on it, or sometimes i will tell that Am praying about It.

2. I stay true to Myself and i don't Judge Myself.

3. i read books and Confide in some Special people.

The bottom line is that The pressure Won't stop, it will keep coming, but You need to Stand your Ground and Stay true to Yourself.

I hope you enjoy reading, do have a great day