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Gould, Elizabeth – Philosophy of Music Education Review, 2012
It is difficult to overstate music's persistent and uneasy relationship with homosexuality in Western society. Associated with femininity for centuries, particularly in North America, participation in music has been believed to emasculate and thus homosexualize men and boys. The linking of music to women and emotion (as opposed to men and reason)…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music, Homosexuality, Social Bias