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Punks are typically white males from working class, middle class or underclass backgrounds. Some homeless punks rely on squatting, panhandling, or dumpster diving to survive. Gutter punks and squeegee punks vary in their direct involvement with the punk subculture.[citation needed] Typically, a punk enters the subculture during the first few years of secondary school. Many punks continue playing a role in the subculture for several years, and some make their involvement a lifelong commitment. Although adolescents are the main age group in punk, there are many adults who have the punk mentality but do not necessarily dress the part.
Although punk generally decries overt sexism, the subculture is largely male-dominated, with the except of the riot grrrl movement. Since its inception, female punks have played important roles in the punk subculture, but numerically speaking, they are vastly underrepresented. Compared to some alternative cultures, punk is much closer to being gender equalist in terms of its ideology. Although the punk subculture is mostly anti-racist, it is vastly white (at least in predominantly-white countries). However, members of other groups (such as Blacks, Latinos, and Asians) have also contributed to the development of the subculture.
Substance abuse has sometimes been a part of the punk scene, with the notable exception of the straight edge movement. Violence has also sometime appeared in the punk subculture, but has been opposed by some subsets of the subculture, such as the pacifist strain of anarcho-punk.
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