Why does prog attrack more males, not females?

BaldFriede wrote: I grew up with prog because my brother, who is ten years older than I am, listened to all that strange stuff in the 70s, and I was attracted to those strange noises coming out of his room, so I wound up being around when he and his friends gathered around by candlelight under billows of thick sweet smoke, with me, the little sister of my brother, being a kind of mascot. So sorry, I am an exception to the rule.

Don't say sorry.  That is so cool!  You are independent.  The same as me.  You liked what you heard, and that was enough, no different than me.  We proggers are in the minority for sure.

I am surrounded by people, especially  at work, (men and women BTW) who do not appreciate what I listen to, at all.  That's why I'm here.  I run into even fewer women who are into it.

1.  Do any of your female friends like prog also?

2.  Who is your favorite group?

3.  What is it about prog in relation to gender that makes you an exception to the rule (from a woman's perspective)?  In other words, what connected with you that doesn't connect with other women?  There has got to be more to it than "my brother listened to it."

Why, why, why?




Edited by Ethos - April 22 2010 at 23:41

thellama73 wrote: Everyone knows that women have terrible taste in music. Diana Krall? Avril Lavigne? Tori Amos? Lily Allen? The list goes on and on. Honestly, you could say the same thing about almost any genre of music that is considered good. I don't have data on thisother than my own experience,

Edited by Henry Plainview - April 22 2010 at 23:19

Henry Plainview wrote:  I would say that women are more likely than men to like classical music because it is relaxing and men want RAGE AGGRESSION.

thellama73 wrote: I don't dispute that a lot of women like classical music. What I said was that fewer women than men like it. I might be wrong, and as I said, I have no data other than experience, but I used to work in a record store, and the population of the Classical/Jazz department was always far more male than female. Your link listed orchestra players, not the distribution of women in the audience. There exists a difference.

Ethos wrote: BaldFriede wrote: I grew up with prog because my brother, who is ten years older than I am, listened to all that strange stuff in the 70s, and I was attracted to those strange noises coming out of his room, so I wound up being around when he and his friends gathered around by candlelight under billows of thick sweet smoke, with me, the little sister of my brother, being a kind of mascot. So sorry, I am an exception to the rule. Don't say sorry.  That is so cool!  You are independent.  The same as me.  You liked what you heard, and that was enough, no different than me.  We proggers are in the minority for sure. I am surrounded by people, especially  at work,  who do not appreciate what I listen to, at all.  That's why I'm here. Do any of your female friends like prog also? Who is your favorite group?

Well, my wife does (I am a lesbian), and she grew up with it too. She is American by birth, and her parents were hippies. She was not even a year old when she attended Woodstock.

I don't really have a favourite band, but VdGG, Hawkwind, Magma, Embryo, King Crimson, Gong, Amon Düül 2, Guru Guru or Can are some of my favourite artists. I especially like early Krautrock or space rock; that's where the strangest sounds came from.when I was a kid.


Edited by BaldFriede - April 22 2010 at 23:49

BaldFriede wrote: Ethos wrote: BaldFriede wrote: I grew up with prog because my brother, who is ten years older than I am, listened to all that strange stuff in the 70s, and I was attracted to those strange noises coming out of his room, so I wound up being around when he and his friends gathered around by candlelight under billows of thick sweet smoke, with me, the little sister of my brother, being a kind of mascot. So sorry, I am an exception to the rule. Don't say sorry.  That is so cool!  You are independent.  The same as me.  You liked what you heard, and that was enough, no different than me.  We proggers are in the minority for sure. I am surrounded by people, especially  at work,  who do not appreciate what I listen to, at all.  That's why I'm here. Do any of your female friends like prog also? Who is your favorite group? Well, my wife does (I am a lesbian), and she grew up with it too. She is American by birth, and her parents were hippies. She was not even a year old when she attended Woodstock.

Favorite group?

Henry Plainview wrote: I don't know. While Googling for a poll, I found that a classical label enclosed a survey in their albums, and out of the first 1000 responses, 997 were male. Clearly this does not reflect the actual demographics of classical fans.

I suspect (and again I have no proof besides experience) that women go to the orchestra mainly as a social event, rather than because they love the music. Have you ever seen a woman there by herself? I haven't. Obviously this doesn't apply to all women, but I bet it's statistically significant.

^ I definitely believe that.

Ethos wrote: BaldFriede wrote: Ethos wrote: BaldFriede wrote: I grew up with prog because my brother, who is ten years older than I am, listened to all that strange stuff in the 70s, and I was attracted to those strange noises coming out of his room, so I wound up being around when he and his friends gathered around by candlelight under billows of thick sweet smoke, with me, the little sister of my brother, being a kind of mascot. So sorry, I am an exception to the rule. Don't say sorry.  That is so cool!  You are independent.  The same as me.  You liked what you heard, and that was enough, no different than me.  We proggers are in the minority for sure. I am surrounded by people, especially  at work,  who do not appreciate what I listen to, at all.  That's why I'm here. Do any of your female friends like prog also? Who is your favorite group? Well, my wife does (I am a lesbian), and she grew up with it too. She is American by birth, and her parents were hippies. She was not even a year old when she attended Woodstock. Favorite group?

I don't have "the" favourite band, but VdGG, Gong, Magma, Can, Embryo, Amon Düül 2, Guru Guru, King Crimson or Hawkwind are sme of my favourite artists. I generally love Krautrock and Space Rock; that's where the strangest sounds came from when I was a kid.

I think everyone is missing one of the most important reasons why Men like prog more than Women: vocals. Women seem to put much more importance on vocals than Men do. Some progressive rock songs have long instrumental sections, and that can turn women off... because they crave to hear the human voice sing. Women want songs with vocals and minimal instrumental breaks.