Yes. Rock is predominantly a male culture, in which women are widely restricted. Unfairly, women tend not to be considered as instrumentalists, only vocalists. Mavis Bayton states “women's presence has been absolutely minimal” and this is evident from the top 100 best guitarists featured in the Rolling Stones magazine in which the only two female artists featured in the list weren't even in the top 50!
Feminists say that rock is a male form of expression thus making it difficult for women to be accepted into the genre. Janis Joplin sacrificed her femininity and was seen as 'one of the guys' in order for her music to be accepted as 'rock'. There are many female rock artists such as Bonnie Raitt and Joan Jett but they can never be compared to guitarists such as Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton or Eddie Van Halen. Men don't have any physical attribute that makes them “better” at playing instruments than women, yet rock is still a male-dominated genre.
This is reasonably good but I would say that Bonnie Raitt is more of a country than rock artists.
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