Submitted for your discussion: Women and Emo

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

Someone in The Other Place noted with disapproval the absence of women on the bill at the Reading Festival this year, (compared to women and mixed-gender bands from, say, a decade ago) and discussion quickly devolved into one aobut sexism in music.

I don't follow emo at all, but based simply on my scanning of music mags, the web, etc., it suddenly struck me that one reason for the lack of women is probably the fact that emo bands are so popular now, and every one of the bands that jump to mind are all-male. Is this just my ignorance of the scene? Or am I correct in somehow thinking that emo is a VERY male music?

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[whalefish.livejournal.com]

There's at least one emo-ish band fronted by a girl - Paramore, I think they're called. They aren't that good, but then, not many of them are.

Though there seems to be quite a few more biggish indie bands with girls in than there were a few years ago, and more females in metal, so perhaps emo will follow.