Sunday, 7 February 2010

Is it reasonable to consider Rock music as gendered Male?

It is reasonable to consider Rock music male, as it may be seen to be written by the men for the men, also suggesting its written to tell women what men want. Women are seen to be too emotional to 'Rock out', they also aren't as willing to show anger or be sexually suggestive. Women are more prominent in 'softer' genres such as RnB where the music is generally written for them. To understand whether something has been gendered male an understanding of the audience needs to take place, heavy metal for example has a large working class following this suggests a common ground between the lyrics and the audience. However for all good Rock music there is normally a woman in the side lines whether this be the guitar, the wife or the androgynous fashion sense of the glam-rockers. In a way the sexually suggestive material of Rock may make women feel sexually desirable.

1 comment:

  1. This is reasonably slick but a bit on the waffly side. You need to be much more focussed in such a short piece of writing.

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