Originally Posted by Electra:
“I just think it's a shame that women seem to have to dress like that in order to have a career, no matter how talented they are, while the men are allowed to, in many cases, look absolutely repulsive.”
Of course no woman has ever used her looks to progress her chosen career in the performing arts. I'm sure Kylie would have been just as successful is she looked like Igor from the 1930s Frankenstein films......
Originally Posted by mgvsmith:
“I thought as a style it's not unflattering if slightly old fashioned but yes the symphonic metal image tends toward the sexist.”
The Symphonic Metal image goes back to the Gothic roots of the genre.
Ironically whilst the term "tits in a corset brigade" would imply 99.99% of the fans are male, from the Symphonic Metal gigs I've been to, the likes of Nightwish, Delain, Within Temptation, etc, the audience usually @ a 50/50 split with many of the female audience taking considerable time and trouble to wear similar clothing.
I think the fact that female-fronted Symphonic Metal is, in general, less macho and agressive gives it a broader appeal to a female audience and I think for many that appeal extends to the "look" of the female singers.
, ignore the bits where she looks like a panda)
