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Publication Date: 2007-Oct
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A Perennial Problem in Gendered Participation in Music: What's Happening to the Boys?
Harrison, Scott D.
British Journal of Music Education, v24 n3 p267-280 Oct 2007
Despite three decades of research, gendered participation in music continues to be problematic. While many aspects of Western society maintain a patriarchal stance in the workplace, it is apparent that girls have made some significant changes in their musical choices. Males, it seems, are maintaining the same preferences for instruments as they did 100 years ago, avoiding "gentler pursuits" like singing and playing the flute. This paper seeks to investigate the continued existence of stereotyping of musical participation and to discover some of the underlying reasons for this in the musical choices for boys through the literature. Furthermore, themes arising from existing research are investigated through fieldwork recently conducted in Australia.
Descriptors: Music Education, Music Activities, Music, Music Appreciation, Preferences, Gender Differences, Males, Females, Investigations, Sex Stereotypes, Participation, Literature Reviews, Social Attitudes, Etiology, Attribution Theory, Musical Instruments, Foreign Countries
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