This is not a recruiting tactic because there is no recruiting . If this is what her friends did, it is particular only to her friends. The Gothic groups may be particularly attractive to kids who just don't seem to fit in anywhere else. You just try to find people with those same problems. Peer pressure is the driving force behind the growth of the Gothic movement, Julia noted.
Kids often begin wanting to rebel at that age and find gothic an attractive method.
They may begin to dress gothic in the hopes of gaining acceptance from the group. That is not peer pressure, it is trend-following. In such a conservative society as Utah, the backlash of those rebelling against the conservative majority is strong. Still, many parents are worried that any level of Gothic behavior is unhealthy. Julia's father asked.