From: "Glenn Folkvord - Hyperion Media" <glenn@folkvord.net>
Music as a phenomenon in society has been studied in depth many times everywhere.
sure , it has , but i'm currently ONLY interested in the link between kw & their female listeners in this specific case , so GENERAL statistics of a certain country that's not the one i & the original questioner ( antje , if i recall right ??? ;-) come from , simply DOESN'T apply to me nor to her or ANY other male or female german kw fan !!!
I have read about this topic in specialist magazines in the past and found an article in the American Keyboard magazine that also mentioned it.
well ... i highly suppose that the american keyboard magazine hasn't asked female german kw fans ( nor even german females in general !!! ) about what kind of music they like , so this article simply is of NO_IMPORTANCE to us in this specific case , sorry !!!
It's a common misunderstanding (and an easy misunderstanding to make, I dont blame you :-) to take personal experiences as statistical info.
fyi : i've NEVER said that my personal experiences are anythin' like "statistical info" of any kind , so i dunno where a misunderstandin' comes into play in this specific case , dear glenn !!! *sly_grin* ;-) i've jus' stated what i've experienced in my & my female friends' cases to *_ADD_* to this debate !!! ;-) nothin' more or less than this !!! *G+* ;-)
Looking at bigger surveys than those done by you among your friends, I bet the results would be different.
of course , but such a survey's result printed in an american keyboard magazine is of ABSOLUTELY_NO_VALUE_NOR_IMPORTANCE for us german kw fans ... no matter , if we are male or female - simply because i bet that NONE of us were asked , right !? *slyest_grin* ;-))) in other words : if ONLY american citizens were asked , it ONLY applies to them & if ONLY german citizens were asked , it ONLY applies to them etc. !!! ;-)
Also, a statement like "I saw many girls at the latest Kraftwerk/TD/Jarre/Vangelis concert" does not necessarily prove that those females are fans. They could be tagging along their boyfriend.
damned right , glenn !!! *BWG* ;-)))
On the other hand, it is more difficult to spot female fans of any genre or artist because:
* Women are more than men able to enjoy / "be fans of" music without owning CDs (ownership of physcial objects appeal more to men than women) * Women tend to not "collect" things as much as men - collecting stuff is to a large extent a male activity * Women tend to communicate more than men on an emotional level and therefore do not need so many visual aids (posters, merchandise, souvenirs) as men - men are more visually inclined than women * Women are often quiter than men and voice their appreciation for something less than men in (subconcious) fear of being rejected for their preferences. Men dont care if other men laugh at their preference for "geeky computer music"
these are indeed some interestin' "observations" !!! *another_sly_grin* ;-)
These things are based on sociological studies and apply *in general* (exceptions exist) on a large scale.
yes , but ONLY to those people in the country or countries they were actually made ( see my explanation above ) !!! *slyest_grin_again* ;-)))
You and your friends may not be like the above but then again, you and your friends may not represent the entire population of a country.
damned right , but as ABSOLUTELY_NOBODY "represents" the entire population of a country , it can ( or better to say MUST_!!! ) ONLY be seen as an example for ONE specific country , like america ( or the u. s. of a. , to be more exact ;-) , in your case !!! ;-) anyway ... as long as nobody points me into the direction of A_SPECIFIC_SURVEY about male & female kw fans from germany , glenn's example is of NO_USE for me & antje , because it simply DOESN'T apply to us german kw fans , sorry !!! however ... many greetinx , oh jay ;-) *~\^/~*