Music and Gender

I was thinking about how music and gender are related and I think it is very funny how it was like in Middle school. The guys listened to rock, or rap and the girls listened to a lot of pop and ballads. I remember that I wanted to be like a guy and I listened to a lot of rock and rap because of that. I thought it was intense. I thought that ballads and pop music were so prissy. Girls listened for sincerity and romanticism in their music and guys listened for the rhythm and something there bodies could rock to. It was funny how music was more separated when we were in elementary school. As my schoolmates and I grew older, I saw how everyone started to blend in with all different kinds of music. I’m not sure why that is. I guess it could be because guys have a wild side when they are younger. Usually they like to bring the wild side out of them and so they listen to extreme, active music. Girls like to bring their womanly intuition out and pop music portrays that well. It could also be that the media stereotypes the music that girls listen to and guys listen to at a very young age. Children’s shows like Disney stereotype gender and use music to implement gender. Music and gender is so subtle in America, but if you really take a step back and look around us, it’s everywhere. Especially targeted to kids.