... a void of female artistry. Even in the subgenre of punk rock, women were often treated as a novelty by the music press and cultural critics – gifting bands such as the Sex Pistols and the Clash with rock notoriety, while their female counterparts, such as the Runaways and Bikini Kill, sunk into obscurity. It is completely obvious that women have been absent and ... only issue, however, was that men were essentially idealized and romanticized, while women were evolving into a more sexually liberated platform – ultimately causing damage for future generations to come. Pro-sex feminist...

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... two red plastic clothes pins clamped onto his nipples. "(Mc Cormack). Artistic endeavor was a huge part of punk, as it is with any musical, theatrical, or otherwise creative genre. The Sex Pistols' producer, Malcolm McLaren printed posters to advertise his bands, and most of them were outrageous by any standard. Many of them would be considered to be in bad taste, such ... purely for shock value, but many of these images were also inordinately creative, such as a cut out photograph of female breasts placed at breast height on T-shirts worn by either sex. "The effect was both androgynous...

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