Conclusion
“Given the forces stacked against women becoming rock musicians it is remarkable that any do” (Bayton). From the research performed for this blog i find this statement very true. Women must endure many set backs, continuous discrimination and sexualisation, under representation and much more to live in a rock and roll world.
Our group decided to base our blog on this topic because we perceive that women of the rock and roll industry have been under represented and there has been a gap in the coverage of these amazing musicians and their art form.
From research it became evident that women in rock were greatly under represented due to the male dominance in the industry. Collecting data was difficult because most historical account of the rock and roll industry were based on men and the odd woman could be found rarely.
I think that females were under represented also because originally they were dominantly seen as fans or groupies so people have sub consciously or even consciously written women rockers off as ’silly girls trying to be like the boys’. Women have had to fight for many years to gain the rights and respect that they have today and I don’t think the respect and recognition has translated to the rock and roll world.
Women in the music industry are also being used to create sex appeal and gain a wider audience. This again sends a message out that women are sexual objects and this leads to people not taking them seriously and thus they become under represented as they are not considered ‘real artists’.
That said, a lot has been done to try and fix this under representation with special events and magazine issues celebrating women in rock.
Women of the rock and roll world deserve more recognition for the work they have done. The under representation of this topic is unfair and i truly hope to see the day this gap is non existent.
Lauren
