Is It Reasonable To Consider That Rock Music Is Gendered Male?

It depends how you view rock music. In general rock music does present itself as more masculine in its nature. Often using aggressive language and being very fast paced and loud. However rock can be very liberating for women, creating the rock chick persona which admittedly can be quite masculine in itself, yet is feminized and sexualized creating a whole new strain on femininity. Women in rock however are very few and far between and often not taken seriously in the rock ‘scene’. Beth Ditto for example is a rock artist but is mainly known for her appearance and antics rather than music. Acts like Pat Benatar are not overly popular in the mainstream but prove that female rock musicians can accumulate some success. Overall rock music is very male dominated, yet not exclusively so.