It very rare to have an all female Rock band (who play their own instruments!) whereas it is very common to see men in this position. In a recent poll of the top 100 guitar players there were no females listed in the top 50, and very few in the poll as a whole. Mavis Bayton suggests that the reason for this clear gender divide within Rock music is ‘entirely social’ rather than due to any physiological reason.
Rock music is often shown to be a sexual expression and the guitar, which is generally seen as a masculine instrument, is sometimes used to denote the phallic symbol, as famously expressed on stage by Prince.
There are of course exceptions to the rule with female guitarists and vocalists making Rock music, although it is not as common. And the attitude and feel of the music is more often seen as masculine.
This is reasonable good but could perhaps have focussed on a slightly more in depth discussion of Bayton's position.
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