It’s important to think about the types of music women choose to create, how they create it, and the value attributed to it. While there has been some change and greater attention to this, obviously a quick glance at most of these lists or even music magazines more generally, will show whose work is valued.

Whether this is happening at a Trump caravan, on a discussion board, in a music store, or at band practice, it’s important for men to recognize the harm of this behavior and that engaging in it is really signaling insecurity rather than dominance.