Women in the M-18 street gangs of Central America: Guatemala, Honduras
and El Salvador serve a dual role. They take on "male" traits in
perpetrating and withstanding violence, while performing in the
stereotypical "female" roles of cooking, caring for the men, children
and the sick. In some ways, one might say they're tougher than the men,
and getting a tat on the face that shows a gang affiliation, proves
just that
