tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post7287026193645905616..comments2024-03-28T16:54:02.105-04:00Comments on Face to Face: A quick proof of innate male superiority in musical abilityagnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-58958886010093488102010-05-18T11:04:03.622-04:002010-05-18T11:04:03.622-04:00something that just occurred to me is that the cur...something that just occurred to me is that the current image of djs is still loosely tied to hiphop (in my mind at least). it was hiphop that drove the use of multiple turntables and battle culture was a major part of that.<br /><br />females have always been underrepresented in battle culture in bboying and popping, and maybe the masculine image of djing as a part of hiphop battle culture contributes to discouraging females from entering.pzednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-84345360069174336712010-05-18T10:47:19.352-04:002010-05-18T10:47:19.352-04:00they don't abound obviously, but they're o...they don't abound obviously, but they're out there.<br /><br />http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2259852373pzednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-71992022452335816042010-05-18T09:59:34.780-04:002010-05-18T09:59:34.780-04:00I'm in quite a few bands with a lot of differe...I'm in quite a few bands with a lot of different women, and my suspicion has always been that women simply have less to gain from being a DJ or musician, both socially and sexually. Part of it is the old "sperm is cheap, eggs are expensive" thing, part is that a guy will just get more admiration and less jealousy from his friends for getting up on stage. I benefit from being a total self-promoting attention whore up there but the girls in the same bands can't get away with similar behavior.<br /><br />Also, remember the German research on the testosterone levels of music students? The male composition majors had below-average testosterone levels, and the female composition majors above-average. That's probably relevant too.D. Smolkenhttp://www.myspace.com/goatbombnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-73640073442405276132010-05-17T16:45:16.125-04:002010-05-17T16:45:16.125-04:00Huh, interesting. I'm a masculine-minded lesbi...Huh, interesting. I'm a masculine-minded lesbian - it's kind of interesting for me to observe what bits of my brain are more feminine and which are more masculine - and I used to have a male roommate. When I made a mix tape for myself, he would usually borrow it at some point, and then he would compliment me effusively on how well the songs went together and how suitable the order of them was. Which I thought was a weird thing to compliment someone on; generally I put them in order of strongest or fastest beat to gentlest, which I thought was a pretty simple thing to do. He would also act like he was bowled over at some of my choices: "I NEVER would have thought of including that song among these others, but it WORKS!" Of course, our conversations had shown that he thought about different things when it came to music than I did. I was more interested in things like how strong and fast the beat and melody were and what kind of mood the song conveyed, whereas he was focused on what kind of instruments were used in each one. <br /><br />I always thought he was crazy, but maybe not.Jane Doenoreply@blogger.com