Gangs consist of both female and male gang members with a few differences between the two. Throughout history gangs have always been considered male centric organizations while females were secondary members. Females who are involved in gangs are seen mainly as sex objects. Since females have always been seen as secondary member with them only making up 10-30% of gangs there is very little research on female gang members. There are major differences in the reasons why a female joins a gain in comparison to males. Women joins gangs for protection from abusive family members and often tend to run away and join a gang instead of becoming prostitutes. Other females join gangs to rebel against their overprotective parents. Some females have gang
