Is it reasonable to consider that rock music is gendered male?

It is noticeable that within rock music the ratio between men and women rock musicians is very unbalanced. Mavis Beyton suggests that the reason for women’s absence in rock music is entirely social, something which is installed in each generation, proof of this is how children are often assigned to a musical instrument depending on there gender, girls play pianos and boys play guitars. The guitar is a masculine object, so when a woman plays a guitar she must ensure that she is also sexually appealing. This takes the artists full attention away from playing in turn producing music which is not considered innovative. Charlotte Greig points out that for a woman to become a successful she must become ‘masculine’, it is then interesting how many male rock musicians often become successful through combining their masculinity with elements of femininity. It is therefore clear that from its artists right through to its links with technology which is considered masculine that overall rock music is gendered male.