ABSTRACT
Miller observes that while gender inequality is rampant in the mixed-gender gangs of which the girls were members – for example, male leadership, a double standard with regard to sexual activities, the sexual exploitation of some girls, and the exclusion of most of the girls from serious gang crime – some of the girls differentiated themselves from others through a construction of being ‘one of the guys’. In other words, the notion ‘one of the guys’ is not fashioned by being similar to boys (because of the inequalities) but, rather, certain girls are perceived and perceive themselves as being different from other girls.
