Subjugation of the out-group is important to prove the clique's dominance over the whole class while providing enjoyment for the popular leaders at the expense of others. While subjugation of the in-group allows the group leaders to maintain their dominance over the rest of the clique and allows lower status members to promote their position within the clique. Compliance is quite simply the popular clique members' need to go along with whatever are the leader's requests. Stigmatization focuses negative attention from the whole group onto one specific group member through taunting, ignoring, and verbal insults. This empowers the clique by showing their ability to denounce another's power.
Expulsion usually derives from the leader's direction.
There appears to be some significant differentiation between female and male cliques. Each gender has a different set of standards for why they obtain status. This superior status is obtained through activities that focus on others' impressions of them rather than their actual abilities. In-group dynamics also differ between the two gender's cliques. This difference is due to the fact that it is more socially acceptable for boys to express their dissatisfaction through physical means.