Introduction Subculture can be defined as a group of people with a certain culture that is different from the major culture in which they belong. In most cases, a subculture is in opposition to the dominant culture and the members of a subculture belong to a specific category such as the youth who seek recognition through unique behavior that is mainly a counterculture of the main culture in which they belong. Subcultures may arise as a result of groupings according to race, class, gender, language, and fashion among other factors. The members of a subculture are distinctive from the main culture due to their unique style in fashion, religion, authenticity, mannerisms, and language. However, trends that make subcultures unique may be commercialized such that the subculture may disappear or be swallowed by the mainstream culture. Sometimes the subcultures are so strong that their members seek to be associated with the rest of the group in a very unique manner such as listening to music that belongs or is associated with that subculture. Some subcultures avoid commercialization through various ways such as reinventing their definitive styles such as social style rather than music and fashion that are more commercialized. In this piece of work, the factors that shape the youth subcultures are going to be discussed separately although they have a closer relationship. The factors include Gender, race, and class. Gender Gender plays a major role in youth subcultures, at the youthful stage gender is dominant and boys and girls have distinct lifestyles that are oriented to each other’s recognition. Girls behave in a way that they attract the opposite sex, the boys and the boys too behave towards recognition not only to the girls but also to their peers. Masculinity in boys is a common feature and each man wants to be noticed as capable of doing what men can do. A characteristic youth subculture emphasizes male dominance, focal attraction as well as masculinity values. (McRobbie, 1991) Women, on the other hand, engage in promiscuity for example in the hippy culture to be able to get attention from men or to be incorporated in these cultures. This lifestyle of the subculture leads to continuous crises with the main culture as their behaviors are considered a social decay and hence they are always condemned creating a social conflict with the rest of the society. Subcultures of youth men are more popular in most cases and most girls want to be associated with them. For example from texts and images, it was clear that girls fought to be associated with the teddy boy subculture, the dancing in the elephant and castle as well as their pictures appearing in the background of the news picture. However, the working-class girls did not establish themselves with the teddy boy subculture due to their social class as working-class women. (McRobbie, 1991) Subculture in girls and boys differed as girls preferred certain dressing modes that are emphasized through media. The spending trends for boys and girls also differed as they had different needs in dressing, perfumes, foods, etc. In joining the teddy boy subculture, the girls had the freedom to interact freely with the boys though they tak