Why does prog attrack more males, not females?

The T wrote: sealchan wrote: The T wrote: The question should rather be, why does prog, in theory a musically-demanding genre (at least compared with regular pop), attract so many of the simple-minded?   Or should we say socially simple-minded?  Is there a  difference? The "genius" who can't get more than cockroaches to listen to his nonsense is no more than the fool who speaks for a crowd... and the latter one will probably matter more in the end. Let the little people think they're special because they listen to prog and have found out that women "are not smart"... Soon they'll realize how trivial, mundane, complete unoriginal they are and how dumber they look next to a clever, smart, prog-or-pop-or-sh*t-it-doesn't-matter-what-music-loving woman...

I think you're being a little ridiculous, T. This thread is not an attack on women, and apart from one guy who said women were stupid (which may have been sarcasm, hard to tell) no one has said anything bad about them. Granted, I said they have terrible taste in music, but that's hardly a scathing criticism. Most people have terrible taste in something or another.

Point the second: No women have commented on this thread stating that they are offended, so why be so quick to jump to their defense? Clearly, they are not as bothered by this as you. In fact, most of the personal attacks in the thread have been by you, so don;t go calling the kettle black.

Personally, I find the differences between men and women fascinating and I think the thread is a very interesting one. The study (and I know calling this a study is a stretch) of psychology should not be suspended because someone might get their feelings hurt. Men and Women are psychologically different. Don't let political correctness stand in the way what every person with common sense has known since the dawn of time.

A Person wrote: The Doctor wrote: What's a female?  The pretty humans who accompany you on your travels through space and time.

Easy Money wrote: This isn't directed at you Mr Llama in any kind of rebuttal sort of way, but just an observation of the whole thread: I don't think anyone is offended, but for myself, I think embarrassed is a better word for it, there is just something juvenile and naive about all this, hard to explain, just a gut reaction.

Politcs ARE bolring; I am not interested in a "who's the biggest liar" contest.

The T wrote: ^Men are usually more power-hungry than women... though society is changing...

Apparently you've never met the female managers I've had the pleasure of working for over the years. Edit:  the male managers are no better. 2nd Edit: those who are desperately seeking to move up the corporate management chain, regardless of sex, are invariably back-stabbing, devious, and not to be trusted.

Edited by jammun - April 24 2010 at 00:53

thellama73 wrote: jammun wrote: The T wrote: ^Men are usually more power-hungry than women... though society is changing... Apparently you've never met the female managers I've had the pleasure of working for over the years. Edit:  the male managers are no better. I think that since traditionally women have not had too much power, that when they get it they tend to go a little overboard. Kind of like a college kid binge drinking on their 21st birthday, whereas an older person has learned how to hold their liquor.

See my edits to my post.  The men are no better.

As to the original topic:  my wife is not a huge prog fan.  She tends to like the melodic stuff, say The Moody Blues or The Decemberists.  She doesn't much care for the noisy stuff, say Arthur Brown or The Mars Volta.  Same holds true jazz-wise.  She likes Stan Getz (Getz/Gilberto) or John Coltrane's Ballads, but will not be found listening to Miles Davis' On The Corner. 

Well put Ethos, there was nothing wrong with your observations and i hope you'll continue to share them.  Some unfortunate responses were made by others, but that happens.  Stick around

We all know Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus. Thats a fact.

ReaganwillshottyLibs wrote: chopper wrote: Qboyy007 wrote: Women are too stupid to understand prog obviously, I have yet to meet a female with the mental capacity to understand music as deep as progressive rock.   That post shows your enlightened attitude to women even  better than your avatar!!! Just wait till Rachel reads this. Prove that women are capable of listening to enlightened music and I'll change my mind.