![Crowdsurfing is dangerous: A female artist launching themselves into an audience, sadly, ends up in sweaty, creepy hands going places they have NO right to go. Rapper Iggy Azalea recently revealed she's had to stop crowd surfing as people try to]()
Crowdsurfing is dangerous: A female artist launching themselves into an audience, sadly, ends up in sweaty, creepy hands going places they have NO right to go. Rapper Iggy Azalea recently revealed she's had to stop crowd surfing as people try to "finger" her. Courtney Love was infamously stripped naked and assaulted in 1991 after diving into the crowd whilst performing with Hole. We'd take notes from Rihanna - she bonked an overenthusiastic, gropey fan on the head with her microphone when they wouldn't let her out of their grasp.
![You're constantly treated as a sex object: Whether a female artist chooses to wear revealing clothes or not is their prerogative - but it seems whether you cover up or not, you're still the subject of an unfaltering male gaze. As Grimes wrote in a blog post recently:]()
You're constantly treated as a sex object: Whether a female artist chooses to wear revealing clothes or not is their prerogative - but it seems whether you cover up or not, you're still the subject of an unfaltering male gaze. As Grimes wrote in a blog post recently: "I'm tired of creeps on message boards discussing whether or not they'd "fuck" me." Contrary to popular belief, if an artist decides to dress in what many would term "sexy" clothes, doesn't mean they are allowed to be treated as a sexual object.
![Creepy photographers WILL try and take an up skirt photo: This photo of Beyonce, performing with Destiny's Child in 2002, is from a set of many in which it seems the]()
Creepy photographers WILL try and take an up skirt photo: This photo of Beyonce, performing with Destiny's Child in 2002, is from a set of many in which it seems the "photographer" insistently tried to snap as many close-up shots of her snatch as he possibly could (we've cropped out a sizeable portion of her, er, area to protect her modesty). We can't imagine any gig photographers going out of their way to zoom in on John Newman's crotch. Gross.
![TELL US ABOUT YOUR LOVE LIFE!!!!1!!!!11!!!!: When a male artist is doing the rounds to promote their new release, they get all the]()
TELL US ABOUT YOUR LOVE LIFE!!!!1!!!!11!!!!: When a male artist is doing the rounds to promote their new release, they get all the "serious" questions - the recording process, the story behind the lyrics, etc. Female artists, however, are usually asked questions about their love life, their sex life, makeup tips, how often they exercise and what their diet is like. Sky Ferreira recently revealed how she had been asked by a journalist what her "beauty regime" was when promoting her new album. Her response? "I shower".
![Paparazzi will stalk you on the beach: We can't imagine a horde of photographers staking out a seaside spot for a snap of Sam Smith in his Speedos, but it's another story for female musicians. The slightest chance they'll be wearing an ACTUAL BIKINI sends the average paparazzo into a spin, and they'll hide behind the nearest rock for a picture of Rihanna in a swimming costume. Sigh.]()
Paparazzi will stalk you on the beach: We can't imagine a horde of photographers staking out a seaside spot for a snap of Sam Smith in his Speedos, but it's another story for female musicians. The slightest chance they'll be wearing an ACTUAL BIKINI sends the average paparazzo into a spin, and they'll hide behind the nearest rock for a picture of Rihanna in a swimming costume. Sigh.