Women Who Rock

@tylermunns - aren't there awards categories like 'Best Male Vocalist'? 

@larsman What’s your point?  
“Best Male Vocalist.” Stupid.  
Art ain’t athletics.
It’s just a way to make more money.  
If instead of “Best Male (blank)” and “Best Female (blank)” they just had “Best (blank)” there wouldn’t be as many opportunities for music companies and film companies to market certain “assets.”

My point is that:

People consider a male artist an….artist.
A female artist is a…”female artist.”  

It’s just stupid.  
No one would make a thread of “best male vocalists” 

is not quite accurate, and I have seen threads of 'best male vocalists'. 

Personally, I don't believe in artistic 'rewards'; I have no use for Grammys or Halls of Fame - I agree that art is not a competition, but it gets treated like that whether I like it or not. 

@larsman I agree on all points except the conflation of music industry awards with music forums/music fans talking about music. If the industry does that (as they have for years) to maximize profits, that’s their prerogative, I guess, as unfortunate as it is.  
I don’t see how real music fans need to segregate things, to qualify the value of music on biological terms.

@tylermunns - yes, I can see that differentiation between music fans' discussions and industry awards. Categorization can be such a graveyard for great music that remains unheard because of it.