... apos;taboo' or 'private' issues such as menstruation, incest, abuse, birth, motherhood and lesbian sex. Riot Grrrl paved the way for wider recognition of women artists and groups in alternative rock genres (whether or not explicitly 'political' in nature). However, Gottlieb and Wald tempered their optimism with the observation that, despite the advances made by ... long before rock, jazz or disco. As Susan McClary states with her argument that much of the Western classical tradition can be understood as 'patriarchal.' She gives four such examples: 1.) The exclusion of, or...

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