Omni: How do women fit in?

Wolf: The women’s liberation movement has yet to make any impression on the outlaw subculture. Women fall into three major categories: broads, mamas, and ol’ ladies. “Broads” is a general term for the wide range of women who drift in and out of the subculture. “Mamas” are women who maintain an informal affiliation with the club. This includes social-sexual interactions with the members, and, in some clubs, an economic arrangement. “Ol’ ladies” are women who have established a long-standing personal relationship with an individual member. An ol’ lady may be the member’s girlfriend, covivant, or wife. “Loose broads” and mamas often become the passive objects of displays of machismo and sexual gratification. Ol’ ladies are respected as long-term personal companions and loved as the active partners of club members.

Omni: Are there orgies?

Wolf: When these intermittent instances of extreme machismo do occur, they’re limited to “loose broads” and mamas. They do not as a rule involve ol’ ladies. O.J., a member of the Sudbury, Ontario, Coffin Cheaters, told me visiting outlaws are always treated to a woman “to get his balls off, and give him lots of head.” O.J. described one party in which the Coffin Cheaters got bored with splashing, which is the passing of women around in a group orgy, and started pouring wine in the women’s vaginas, and using them as wine glasses.

Omni: How quaint. But I take it women are an important element to outlaw clubs.

Wolf: Not really. In fact, they tend to undermine the group’s solidarity. Frank Reynolds, secretary of the San Francisco Hells Angels, said women were a club’s “biggest downfall.” Unless the female companion is effectively integrated within the outlaw subculture, the strong male-to-female bond will compete with the club as an alternative social commitment. While there are some married bikers, even some with children, many outlaws feel like Blues, who said: “There are no biker weddings. Only ex-biker weddings.”

Omni: Is it more difficult for a married man to join an outlaw club than for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle?

Wolf: Almost. If a biker is already married his wife will be interrogated to ensure there is no conflict of interest regarding the striker’s impending commitment to the club. Dianne, Wee Albert’s ol’ lady, recalled one afternoon when several Rebels rode their bikes over to down a few brews with Albert while he was striking for the club. “They put me through the third degree. They’d come over and sort of harass me to see how much I’d take, and to see if Albert got his way when he wanted it. They want the women to be around to pour the coffee, make the meal, keep the house clean, and fuck them when they decide to be around. They look on marriage as something perverse.”

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