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I went to a Slayer show. I went to a lot of shitty metal shows. In fact, I even went to a Manowar concert, do you know what Manowar is?
Yeah. There were 40% women and 60% men I think. The women were mostly being ignored while their boyfriends jumped around in excitement. One of my friends was a metal fan, she always complained about how women were treated in that "community", as if they can't be fans, only girlfriends.
But yeah, the Manowar show. Men in tight leather outfits shouting about the power of men and showing off muscles. So, of course I wasn't too crazy about it, homo-eroticism+war glorification.
And then they pretended to be upset when that bald guy from Judas Priest came out.
So I guess it wouldn't be because women cannot tolerate and are not interested in those sounds - more like there's some in-your-face sexism in metal, especially.
I've been to many gigs in which women outnumbered men - PJ Harvey was one of them. But I think Sigur Ros was one of them as well, and everytime I've seen SY women were at least 40%.
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