Progressive rock: a man's genre?

On the other hand, Opeth, Porcupine Tree and Freak Kitchen have performed in India. Jethro Tull came twice to India (missed them on BOTH occasions ).  Several fusioners have performed every now and then in India, notably the incredible Shakti.  Perhaps, part of the problem is critics, be they white males or whomsoever, are not interested in spreading knowledge of prog to anywhere, be it Europe or Asia.  But you folks in Europe (your location says London?) and USA can get in touch with people who caught prog in the 70s or at least who follow contemporary prog rock bands and get to know of the music.  But you will never see Red album or SEBTP mentioned as rock essentials in a place like India.  To expect all music lovers to have the curiosity to read on the internet and find out is unrealistic. This sort of relates to what I had brought up earlier. Are guys at all interested in reaching out outside their coveted circle?  Without such an effort, obviously the profile of fans of a particular genre may get homogeneous.  But there's nothing in the music itself that would alienate those who are not white males as such.  I know people who listen to prog and I have even picked up Canterbury classics like Rotter's Club in stores but it's bound to be a minority because there's no awareness and critics would rather you listen to November Rain all over again rather than Firth of the fifth.  

Mentally disabled workers complete their tasks with less perceived efficiency, in general. This is terribly offensive, I'd wager. I wonder if we have any mentally disabled proggers in the vicinity. 

I keep coming back to this site every half a year or so, and forgetting how much I suck at following rules, making friends, and not being an abrasively venomous cockface. 

For example:

Person 1 - Woohoo, summer's here!

Person 2 - How's the new [insert movie here], Charles?

Person 1 - Excellent! Did you ever [insert progressing hobby here]. Rudolph?

Alitare - Ground control to Major Tom: Rush sucks a lot.

Person 1 - Golf damned TROLL!

Person 3 - lulwut?

Easy Livin' - BANHAMMER

Doo-doo-doo-doo  doo-doo-doo-doo. You just got a slingshot.

I have a female friend who likes some prog metal as well. 

But to answer the question I really don't know. However, I will say that even in other genres like electronica or indie music there are generally far more males who are really into the music than females. But this could be simply coincidence or perhaps because of the way that females are socialized.

 

 

For the record, I prefer So Far Away to Locomotive Breath, but prefer Aqualung as a whole over Tapestry as a whole. I emotionally concur with a lot you have to say, Rogerthat.

There will be fewer women artists of great renown than men for some more time in most fields of art simply because 'we' let them do 'our' stuff much later and they've had to catch up with us. For all that, however, if you are even reasonably well informed, you should find female musicians, writers etc of undeniable talent.  The bitter truth is that since majority of listeners are also men, they are not interested in what a woman has to say and won't give credit where it's due and then go on pretending it's a man's world. Sure thing!