Critical Review: Cohen 1997

Critical Review: Cohen 1997

In the article, "Men Making a Scene," Cohen writes about the predominately male rock music scene in Liverpool. She writes about how the scene is predominately male because of the exclusion of women from the basic elements of learning music in their youth to their attendance at different concerts and venues. Cohen doesn’t believe that the rock music naturally male but a product of the pre-existing male dominated culture. She believes the Liverpool rock scene to be “shaped or constrained by conventions of behaviour and thought within the general ‘rock world’, but also by local conventions.” The result is men making a scene.

Discussion Question:

If the pre-existing social conditions and conventions didn’t exist, would punk exist? Even further, would punk be considered punk without the male dominance?