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Originally Posted by swa(y)
"and hard to be a girl in punk rock? i think not. hard to be a girl in "hardcore" yes, because hardcore was pretty male dominated. but not in punk rock. nope nope. that was one of the great things about early punk rock, females were encouraged to pick up guitars. and their an EXHAUSTIVE ammount of recording out there to testify to that.
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That makes some sense, though I'm sure that most of those icons would tell you it wasn't easy within their scene any more than within rock in general. The thing is, when Bikini Kill got started it was in a world where hardcore was the dominant force in punk, with the punk side of grunge also being a pretty big one in the area they are from (and perhaps even more male dominated with a hefty dose of '70s style rock sexism thrown in) and most of their schtick was a direct reaction against that stuff. They undoubtedly had a point, but it was also made way more the focus of what they were about than their music, which is too bad. The music was some pretty awesome punk rock, which is probably why Sonic Youth got into them and took them under their wing.