'Rolling Stone' magazine produced a list of the top 50 guitarists of all time, none of which are female. Bayton explains how "Lead guitarists are made,not born. The reason for women's absence are entirely social".
Bayton also goes on to explain how 'femininity involves a socially manufactured physical, mechanical and technical helplessness'. So therefore rock music is male gendered due to socially manufactured labels that stick to the classic male/female stereotypes. It seems that the electric guitar is an extension of the male body and this is due to labels society produces which are exclusive to men. If women do use an electric guitar it is seen in more of a gimmick and becomes far more mainstream, for example Avril Lavine.
Unfortunately this has a knock on effect with fans who more or less conform to the stereotype. "male fans buy a guitar, female fans buy a poster"(Bayton)
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Not bad, but it does read a bit like a collection of quotes rather than an argument.
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