Open AccessMłode kobiety w gangach: między wiktymizacją a maskulinizacją
Author(s) -
Wojciech Andraszczyk
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
studia edukacyjne
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2719-6984
pISSN - 1233-6688
DOI - 10.14746/se.2017.44.14
Subject(s) - conviction , femininity , identity (music) , essentialism , selection (genetic algorithm) , psychology , sort , criminology , gender studies , social psychology , sociology , law , political science , philosophy , aesthetics , computer science , artificial intelligence , information retrieval
In this paper I will try to present a selection of contexts of young women’s functioning in the gangs. Gangs are traditionally associated with a male identity and a masculine type of criminality, therefore a female participation in the gangs breaks up completely with the essentialist image of femininity and denies the dichotomous division of sexes. A woman as a member of a gang, with her violence oriented attitude and masculinised identity put all the former ideals into question. In this article I will also make reference to the myths concerning female gangs, which among others refer to the conviction that their female members play a secondary part, being a sort of “sattelites” to the male gangsters. Moreover, I will reconstruct the role of the female members of a gang in its structure, as well as the process of women dropping out of a gang.