Women Who Rock

@bdp24 Well, at least you admit it. Essentially saying, “It’s fun to segregate things based on biological factors people don’t choose.” Knock yourself out, I guess.

I was asking a legit, good-faith question. That’s kind of the essence of this entire forum. I don’t understand this proclivity to separate artists by gender and/or race.  It doesn’t make sense to me.

A description of this inquiry as, “a guy taking himself too seriously” says more about the responder than the inquirer.

“Whattya think — will this post be removed?” - Don’t flatter yourself with a contrived position of martyrdom

Yet another weird, inexplicably segregation-keen (gender-wise) thread.  
“Female”-this, “women”-that… 
I never see “male”-this, or “men”-that threads here. Why?  
It seems like “male” artists are seen as…artists.  
However, it seems like female artists are seen as…”female artists.” Why?  
Gender has never once played a remote factor in determining what music I like, how I listen to music, or anything like that. 
What is all this about?

@larsman  Instead of, “artists,” people will often insert (irrelevant descriptor) before the word, “artist.”

@petaluman  I’ve been seeing so many of these “female” threads forever now. I chose not to comment because I would just be a Debbie Downer. 
I just couldn’t help myself this umpteenth time.  
It’s sexist and dumb to have these ideas.

People consider a male artist an….artist.
A female artist is a…”female artist.”  

It’s just stupid.  
No one would make a thread of “best male vocalists” or “men who rock.”  
Because that would be dumb.
 

@larsman What’s your point?  
“Best Male Vocalist.” Stupid.  
Art ain’t athletics.
It’s just a way to make more money.  
If instead of “Best Male (blank)” and “Best Female (blank)” they just had “Best (blank)” there wouldn’t be as many opportunities for music companies and film companies to market certain “assets.”

@larsman I agree on all points except the conflation of music industry awards with music forums/music fans talking about music. If the industry does that (as they have for years) to maximize profits, that’s their prerogative, I guess, as unfortunate as it is.  
I don’t see how real music fans need to segregate things, to qualify the value of music on biological terms.