Both sexes are expected to marry someone within their tribe and most Gypsies conform by marrying someone within their group. If a Gypsy male marries a non-gypsy female, his community may eventually accept her, provided that she adopts the Gypsy way of life. But it is a worse violation of the marime' code for a Gypsy female to marry a gaje, because Gypsy women are the guarantors for the survival of the population.