Women and punk (2 Viewers)

[LuvChild]

compared to other musical genres/areas/scenes in ireland i've noticed that there are very few women/girls at punk gigs.

any particular reason for this?

is it a personal hygiene issue for most girls or is it the rougher goings on at gigs etc.

i love going to gigs, but always see very few girls up dancing or whatever at them, most seem to be there with boys and/or standing at the back where it's "safer". i feel very outnumbered !!

at a gig in voodoo paddys night there seemed to be only one girl up givin' it socks, mebbe she was hammered id unno but it was great to see id have gotten up wit her only i was on the way somewhere else only stopped in to see what was goin on the other girls there were tamely standing near the back and didnt seem too botherd

 

[cesspooldublin]

you've been at the wrong gigs.

 

[broken arm]

welcome to the sausage fest

 

[JenFast]

compared to other musical genres/areas/scenes in ireland i've noticed that there are very few women/girls at punk gigs.

any particular reason for this?

is it a personal hygiene issue for most girls or is it the rougher goings on at gigs etc.

i love going to gigs, but always see very few girls up dancing or whatever at them, most seem to be there with boys and/or standing at the back where it's "safer". i feel very outnumbered !!

at a gig in voodoo paddys night there seemed to be only one girl up givin' it socks, mebbe she was hammered id unno but it was great to see id have gotten up wit her only i was on the way somewhere else only stopped in to see what was goin on the other girls there were tamely standing near the back and didnt seem too botherd

eh? what? exactly mate, what gigs have you been going too?
there are always girls at gigs....and quite alot of us too.....

and whats with the comments "most seem to be there with boys and/or standing at the back where it's "safer".

and
"were tamely standing near the back and didnt seem too botherd"

not forgetting the best one of all
" is it a personal hygiene issue for most girls "

 

[AnarchoBob]

There is a good few girls at gigs in Belfast and they are most times up at the front dancing. Suppose it depends on what band is on.

 

[Super Dexta]

if anything, i've noticed that women going to gigs and being in bands and doing other stuff has become way more common now than it was six or seven years ago when i started going to gigs. to the point where it's not a novelty any more. which is deadly.

 

[cesspooldublin]

if anything, i've noticed that women going to gigs and being in bands and doing other stuff has become way more common now than it was six or seven years ago when i started going to gigs. to the point where it's not a novelty any more. which is deadly.

which again suggests this person either doesn't go to gigs very often or is taking the piss.

 

[the strange guy]

No women at gigs?
Are you posting this from 1996?
Poor Hygiene?
Rough Going?
This is the most ridiculous post I've read in ages!
CONGRATULATIONS!

 

[JenFast]

compared to other musical genres/areas/scenes in ireland i've noticed that there are very few women/girls at punk gigs.

and if anything its the girls who would be at the punk gigs that would be more involved.....especially with putting them on, playing in bands and generally helping out.
your right this is beyond ridiculous kinda post ....is he having a laugh...cos i sure am

 

[therealjohnny]

hygeine?

nah the girls smell just as bad as the lads

 

[nooleen]

" is it a personal hygiene issue for most girls "

i've got some personal hygiene issues but gigs aren't one of them...

 

[Sock Puppet]

Voodoo eh? St. Patrick's night was the first gig I've been to in ages, used to go to the Firestone a lot (Yeah, it's been a while).

It just made me realise how much I missed it. Love getting into the thick of it. I saw a few girls in voodoo, but I wasn't keeping track of what was going on with them.
Maybe the ones you saw weren't there for the music, I know I only went intially coz my mates were going some of them girls. It's all part of the fun.

But the plan is to go to more gigs now. I'm just completely out of touch and don't know what ones are worth going to any more!

I take it by your username you're a girl, why do you care if there are more men than women at gigs? More fun for you that way, non?

 

[JenFast]

i've got some personal hygiene issues but gigs aren't one of them...

dirty hair is my main one right now....and being stinky when i get in from work

 

[the strange guy]

In fairness, LuvChild raises some good points.

We need better hygiene at gigs.
We need to be less rough and more soft at gigs.
And if you build it, they will come.
By 'they' I mean women.

Then all we need to do is listen to more emo and we're all set.

 

[Franco]

There's too many women at gigs. They should be only allowed into the snug like the good old days.

 

[JenFast]

In fairness, LuvChild raises some good points.

We need more women at gigs.
We need better hygiene at gigs.
We need to be less rough and more soft at gigs.

Then all we need to do is listen to more emo and we're all set.

don't forget get we all need to buy black hair die and hair straighteners....
and get the most sideways fringe the world has ever seen so we can only see out one eye

maybe thats why their always so miserable, probably aways walking into doors and such

 

[shin shan]

you've been at the wrong gigs

i reckon its just the particular gigs u go to,

not a novelty any more

which is great , although not always true,
still hear people passing comments on ladies in bands,
which is fucking irrelevant.

 

[the strange guy]

Not when they're hot which is a perfectly natural thing to discuss.

 

[AnarchoBob]

A male at gigs without BO is like a fish supper without the fish. So there is no issues of hygene.

 

[Shorty]

Eh, LuvChild is a girl. Hello LuvChild! *waves*
Venturing into thumped from boards I see.

Not to rock the boat, but the gender balance in the scene in dublin is still quite shit compared to other european scenes. I think it's just that as is being pointed out by others, compared to how it used to be it's a lot better. But starting from 2 or 3, it isn't that hard to improve upon. I can't remember which number issue of BTHTFTPF it was that dealt with women in the scene in Ireland (I think it was #3), but maybe that might be a good starting point and reference for this discussion.

Also, LuvChild, probably the wrong gig, you should probably come to one in the lowerdeck and then report back again.