Music and women

[Ilovemycatsomuch]

I come from a very musical family. I'm female. I have three brothers a couple of them are good guitarists. All of the brothers are very into their music. My mum (absolutely adores having sons!), and she absolutely loves their music!!

I'm always made to feel like I've got terrible taste in music. Because my mum and brothers will be listening to Brit pop (oasis, blur, etc) and also older pop like Elton John, rem, u2, etc etc

Now me.....dare to suggest a song by a female artist. They look at me with sympathy and shame.

I really believe that music is the most horribly misogynistic area of life.

Female artists are LAUGHED at. Pop music they say.

It doesn't matter how amazing Madonna was.

It doesn't matter how amazing En Vouge were.

It doesn't matter how phenomenal Taylor Swift is....

I don't know, OP, if that's really what is going on with your family.

There are some real differences between numbers of male and female participation in certain genres, but it's difficult to say how much is down to sexism. Some genres really are listened to more by one sex than the other and that's reflected in who the artists are.

And TBH I think a lot of people, both male and female, can have personal preferences about things like singing voices and styles that may prefer one sex over the other, but is it sexist always? I've always had a soft spot for very low basses, not many ladies in that category.

May I recommend Beth Hart ?

What about Wetleg?