... a male sexuality, Robert Walser (1993) has proposed a more dynamic and historical approach by claiming that rock has been actively 'made as male.' Focusing on a specific subgenre, heavy metal, he notes that heavy rock is not enjoyed entirely by male audience and neither does it communicate one type of masculinity. Walser continues to argue that heavy metal musicians do not simply ... argument about males being superior has been going on for many years, long before rock, jazz or disco. As Susan McClary states with her argument that much of the Western classical tradition can be unde...

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