Constructions of Femininity within the Punk Subculture

The punk movement is a boys' movement. The culture is made by boys and for boys. However, that hasn't stopped girls from trying to eke out a place for themselves. While boys make up the majority of the subculture and the majority of the rules about the subculture, girls still have a visible presence with in it. However, as Leblanc states, "[Punk is] a subculture that portrays itself as being egalitarian, and even feminist, but …showed first 75 words of 1551 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1551 total…swell, punk will eventually live up to its professed egalitarian, feminist promises. Until then, it is still a way for girls to break free from the mainstream and to begin to explore the limits (or lack thereof) of their gender WORKS CITED: Pretty in Punk: A girls' gender resistance in a boys' subculture. Leblanc, Lauraine. Rutgers University Press: Picataway, 1999. Sex Revolts: Gender, Rebellion and Rock 'N' Roll. Press, Joy and Simon Reynolds. Serpents Tail: London, 1995.