How about "Redskins?"

But most people who are obsessive about music look at the genres that are OK for women generally (like the boy band stuff and current pop) with derision. No music geek is going to get into the minutiae of The Backstreet Boys. There are no One Direction "deep cuts".

It's more of a subset/scene thing than a blanket idea. Speaking from experience, things like record collecting, punk/hardcore music, music scholarship/academia and music journalism have largely existed as mostly-male spaces for decades. These aren't arenas populated by music fans who like Top 40 or "radio" music —…

Do men get dismissed as whores or "only there to suck dicks" when they show up...even AFTER proving themselves? It doesn't stop for women when they do show they have talent. This is what men like you don't get. Men get a chance to prove that they aren't that good, women are automatically perceived that way. Even if…

"Feminists like you"? Oh, you're going to have a fun time on this board.

As a singer with classical training and a music degree who plays three instruments, you're damn right I expect to be respected for what I can do, and after 25 years as a musician, I have a very realistic idea of what I can and can't do. It doesn't…

OK, it sounds like your frustration is that you feel that these girlfriends are disrupting the dynamic of your group, right? So, ignoring the misogyny of your insinuation that all girls are whiny nerd wannabes, would you say that girls aren't allowed to play D&D, or that you don't want your friends bringing over…

I think it's more if it's some kind of niche—or niche-i-er?—genre. Stuff that's regularly on mainstream radio wouldn't count, but if it's lesser-known indie rock, or punk, or metal, or underground hip-hop...some people think it's not lady territory.

In my experience, being really "into" music is what's perceived to be a dude thing. Women listen to the radio passively and only know music IF it's big...and famous bands are often perceived to be of lower artistic quality (eg. the boy bands). Dudes are the ones who get to have giant record collections, go to album…

You're kind of all over the place, but I'll just single out the girlfriend at the gaming session paragraph. My wife was "that" girl 3 years ago and not only is she now a GM, but has been a regional gaming coordinator and taught GMing classes at Gencon. Girls are just people and you never know what they might end up…

I don't know if you're trolling or not. But you just took her whole story, and discounted every single one of her experiences. "That didn't happen! Because it doesn't ever happen!"

One of my best friends (hot, single, female, early 40's) knows 10x more about sports than 90% of the males she's ever met. But from that sample set, almost zero allow her to own her knowledge. It's either "adorable" that she "tries", or she got into it just to meet men (she's been this way since we were like 9, so,…

My little sis is the singer in a band of otherwise all dudes, and she gets this shit on the reg. Always with the hand in her face while they're loading in, going, "only THE BAND can come in now!" She's like, "I AM THE BAND, BITCH!"

"We are less cool when women are doing the knowledge-dropping with anything like authority."

THIS WAS AMAZING! I grew up in a music junkie family, with a dad who played guitar, a brother who later followed suite, and then eventually picked up drums myself. If you're a girl, and a drummer, expect a SHIT TON of crap from the guys you play with. Oddly enough, if you can withstand it, work your ass off, prove…

Because our culture has long demeaned "girl stuff." If a girl is too interested in your stuff and does your stuff better, it's in danger of becoming girl stuff. I'm a woman, and as a girl I shunned girl stuff because it was culturally inferior. It wasn't until I was much older that I was able to embrace my love of…

This reminds me of that early scene in "500 Days of Summer" when Zoey and JGL are in the elevator and he's listening to the Smiths on his headphones. She sings along and it BLOWS HIS MIND that a girl (?!) would know who the Smiths were and even know the words to a song! In L.A.! I was like, "Whaaaaa? I know a ton of…

That's true, too. I think some dudes feel threatened when they see women being involved in stuff they like, and I have no idea why.

I'm going to go ahead and admit it: my boyfriend has more hobbies and interests than I do. He mountain bikes more, chats with his internet communities more, and listens to more music. A lot of the time I feel I honestly don't have time for hobbies. I could be combing through new music on Spotify every day, but I have…

Oh God, this, yes.

AAAAAAALL OF THIS!! Being a woman who makes/writes about/enjoys music, especially music that tends to have more dudes involved than ladies (metal) makes girls like me a target. Because clearly we're:

1. Whores
2. Are only involved because we have boobs
3. Only got to where we are because of boobs
4. Only have fans because…