Why is the world of rock, in the year 2011, still dominated by men? In the nineties, female musicians were headed in the right direction. There was the whole riot grrrl movement with Bikini Kill, Babes in Toyland, L7, and others like Sleater-Kinney and Hole. And these ladies did do tremendous things for the role of women in rock. Joan Jett observed, “I read a piece on L7 the other day, and it didn’t mention they were all women until the last sentence. With the Runaways, it would have been the first.” The nineties have marked great improvement but still today it seems females dominate the role of popstar and…
