Latest target for claims of discrimination against women: the dance industry. It seems quite possible based on past experience that such calls and claims may lead to discrimination against men, so-called "positive discrimination". This was the main headline on the BBC Radio One news this morning.

bottleblank · 2022-08-03T17:48:01+00:00

Sony Music UK Social Justice Fund

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just 5 percent of UK charting dance music featuring exclusively female or non-binary primary artists.

But shitloads of female vocalists, because they're nicer to listen to, they often have a more dreamy and sensual quality. So what if she's not spinning the decks? She's still a famous dance artist on a charting record! How many people get to say that? Not a lot, in the scheme of things, and many of them are women.

Also, this...

A similar pattern is evident across radio airplay, with less than 1 percent of the top 200 most played tracks from 12 UK radio stations across 2020-21 featuring only female or non-binary artists.

...tastes like...

Meanwhile, female-fronted acts made up just 25 percent of the tracklist on key electronic music playlists on Spotify.

...cherries.

The gender balance of the UK live industry overall was not highlighted as a point of concern, but the disparity increased at higher levels, with men occupying 63 percent of senior roles compared to the 37 percent for women.

I don't like cherries.

The Jaguar Foundation report also explores how the live industry offers fewer opportunities for female and non-binary artists and those from minority backgrounds.

Do you mean "the live industry actively discriminates against them", or do you mean "there aren't enough exclusive opportunities for my chosen cause"? Because I suspect it's the latter.

The researchers collected data sets from [...] Chartmetric (pronoun database [...]) to create the most a comprehensive picture of the landscape.

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dw87190 · 2022-08-03T19:34:45+00:00

Typical UK

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