Chavs certainly don't have to be men. Also I'm pretty sure the youth requirement has atrophied now, and it's more of a direct class-epithet. I don't think ther

Chavs certainly don't have to be men. Also I'm pretty sure the youth requirement has atrophied now, and it's more of a direct class-epithet. I don't think there's a race-neutral equivalent in American English, but "white trash" captures much of the spirit.