Race/gender/sex. orientation and musical stereotyping

Dr.Seussicide · 09-03-2010, 12:26 PM

Well, I'm from the Caribbean, Trinidad to be more specific, Indian in descent. And my taste in music ranges from indie rock, to screamo, to sludge, to gothic doom, to DSBM, to emo, to hip hop, to thrash. I guess stereotyping works sometimes, just not always.

ImmortalDiotima · 09-03-2010, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Paloma

The sexism against our own gender is absolutely appalling.

The point of this thread is to discuss common stereotypes. You don't see a black person in here going "I can't believe you're saying that people think most black people listen to hip hop!" or "I can't believe you're saying that it's probably true!"

Seriously... if you have an alternate argument to give as to why we are incorrect in suggesting that not only is there a stereotype that more men are passionate about music and therefore more men have good taste in music (since so far we have offered two possible arguments for this conclusion: one being that men are possibly more obsessive overall than women and two being that popular music is directed more toward young women than men and that women are more likely to buy into trends (both of which I find to be true)) then you should offer it. But if you have no argument to make as to why our "sexism" (which it is not) is appalling then I don't really see the point of your statement nor do I think it has any merit.

If I were to suggest that more women care about their appearance than men and that therefore there are probably more women with overall attractiveness (whether natural or helped along by push up bras and make-up etc) than men*, would you be offended by my "sexism" against men? Or are you only offended by "sexism" against women?

*This is a hypothetical statement so I haven't given much thought as to how true it might be. Feel free to discuss if you like.

ImmortalDiotima · 09-03-2010, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr.Seussicide

Well, I'm from the Caribbean, Trinidad to be more specific, Indian in descent. And my taste in music ranges from indie rock, to screamo, to sludge, to gothic doom, to DSBM, to emo, to hip hop, to thrash. I guess stereotyping works sometimes, just not always.

What's DSBM?

For fun I'm gonna try to guess

Dark swedish black metal
death sadism bashing murder
daddy small big mama
deadly sex between moons

Dr.Seussicide · 09-03-2010, 01:39 PM

Depressive Suicidal Black Metal

ImmortalDiotima · 09-03-2010, 01:45 PM

oh haha I guess I've only heard it called depressive black metal. No wonder you put it right next to emo

emostreetguitar562268 · 09-03-2010, 04:04 PM

i dont care about someones race/gender/sexual orientation, if they have a good sound i'll still listen to them, im not racist/sexist/homophobic. in fact, i love adam lambert.

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Dr.Seussicide FakingSuicideForApplause Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: I live in a van down by the river Posts: 1,365	Well, I'm from the Caribbean, Trinidad to be more specific, Indian in descent. And my taste in music ranges from indie rock, to screamo, to sludge, to gothic doom, to DSBM, to emo, to hip hop, to thrash. I guess stereotyping works sometimes, just not always. __________________ I'll stay if I ever could, and pick up your pieces babe, because there's never a perfect day. Don't fret, baby, we're simply growing And my darling, I wouldn't mind to die like this.

09-03-2010, 01:39 PM	#84 (permalink)
Dr.Seussicide FakingSuicideForApplause Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: I live in a van down by the river Posts: 1,365	Depressive Suicidal Black Metal __________________ I'll stay if I ever could, and pick up your pieces babe, because there's never a perfect day. Don't fret, baby, we're simply growing And my darling, I wouldn't mind to die like this.

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ImmortalDiotima Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Santa Cruz and Petaluma California Posts: 95	oh haha I guess I've only heard it called depressive black metal. No wonder you put it right next to emo

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emostreetguitar562268 Alternatively Alternative Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: lost and never found... Posts: 132	i dont care about someones race/gender/sexual orientation, if they have a good sound i'll still listen to them, im not racist/sexist/homophobic. in fact, i love adam lambert.