I completely agree.deastman wrote:I do see your point. I would just prefer to see these individuals celebrated for the quality of their work rather than their gender. It's like earlier in this thread when someone listed Wendy Carlos, and someone else predictably followed that up with "not strictly female"... as if she hasn't had to deal with even more discrimination and public ridicule than most biological women! I agree that, as a discriminated minority in many industries, it is important to acknowledge and celebrate the contributions of women. I'm just not sure that a list of everyone we can think of who happens to be somehow involved in the industry is the best way to accomplish this goal. Anyway, I seem to be in the minority here, so I'll just bow out now and let the list continue unhindered.chalaby wrote:I disagree. Shout outs to women who have fought through the chauvinism and discrimination you describe provide worthwhile examples for both men and women. Personally I would have rather have had someone like Angela Merkel as president of the US, than George W. Bush. She studied physics in college and I wonder what she had to go through before she became Chancellor of Germany. As far as I know she doesn't play an instrument, but she's a great example for young women who might think about a career in politics.deastman wrote:I understand that this topic is well intentioned, but I fail to see what can be gained by listing anecdotal examples of women working in the music industry. We all know that the industry is discriminatory and chauvinistic. No list is going to change that.
And it's so very sad that women have largely been chased out of the industry (they were well represented in the beginning, before electronic music had a "public face"). Threads like this, in which men assert who are the "real women" and who is "hot" or "not" really don't help. Women do allsorts of things, including abstract arts and sciences, it's just you're likely never to hear of many of them because of the systems in which these things must be promoted.