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Given that there was that era of girl group music and it's still very popular, but I think if you looked at the chart from that time you would see many more men on it. Because the industry, they were catering to young girls. I mean, that's what they thought their audience was.

— Lesley Gore

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

There's still not as many women in music as men, and I don't really know why. I don't have the answers. I do wish there were more women that played music.

— Mary Timony

There are female artists I can look at that I find more in common with than the male artists, because they're blending the pop, dance and theatricality... but currently there aren't a lot of guys who go there.

— Adam Lambert

There's no question that many more women artists are showing worldwide now than they were when I was a young woman, and that's really great.

— Judy Chicago

There weren't a lot of girl singers around. Paul McCartney and John Lennon were the guys I looked up to.

— Rick Springfield

I think, in general, more women need to be involved in music and in the industry - that's been an issue.

— Tinashe

I basically get stereotyped a lot in terms of being a girl and writing 'chick' music for teenage girls or something. I think, if anything, the press kind of, because of my gender and my age, tends to kind of relegate my work to this sort of special-interest group. It's part of the cultural dynamic, I guess.

— Ani DiFranco

You don't really hear a female perspective on the radio, because so many of the songs are being written by men.

— Shirley Manson

Music is a male-dominated field.

— Missy Elliott

As much as I was encouraged by the number of female-centric shows being bandied about, it feels like we're being treated like a trend or a quota to be filled.

— Betsy Beers

✗Opposing Perspectives

Personally, I've realized that the tradition I thought of as too safe, too pretty, and too conventional is the space where women have been able to gain some practical ground. The area of music where we thought the status quo was really being upset - specifically hard rock - has actually remained the most male-dominated.

— Ann Powers