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Spectres of Mark
Logos said:Pretty much bugger all...when one thinks of foul play, omni trio etc overwhelmingly male.
In some ways it is about eyecandy but in other ways not...I think its hard to explain. I think in dubstep its about a desire for a mixed crowd a la warehouse parties of yore, so race as well as sex.
I also think the presence of women on the dancefloor physically articulates, or embodies, for a DJ or producer, the kind of balance between light/dark and dub/step you talked about above. Within the hardcore continuum, I get the strong impression that a gender balanced crowd has long been considered As A Good Thing in itself - but especially when the presence of women goes hand in hand with the ruffest music. Think AWOL or Metalheadz.
Don't we have to take seriously the role of a female population in a scenius, though? In a mixed scene, female desire is bound to shape production...