The Female Role in Rock 'n' Roll

THE ART OF ROCK:
KNOW THINE ENEMY AS THYSELF.


I know that you had it hard and
you wanted to tell me that you’re the man,
that you’ve got all the answers
but I don’t think you do.
Verity Susman


I. DECLARATION OF WAR.
Reject Rock.
Cock Rock, that is. Or rather reject its present state and use it to make something new. Own it. Make your own cock, a prosthetic cock and pay special attention to its penetrative power. Don’t ignore the masculinity in music, use it and your audience. If we reject the accepted (un)equilibrium, the “asymmetrical” (Gelles136) balance of power for which “scholars of both sexes [should] bear responsibility” (Koskoff2) then we might have a chance at setting up a stage for dramatic events. This “we” should include both sexes and all interpretations of sex as gender and though our unique strengths are not always apparent we must embrace the constant flux all around us and as individuals use these strengths to find a place in music (and in greater society for that matter) that challenges protected stereotypes.
One must acknowledge the stereotypes and know them as thine enemy.