Men & Women & Bass


My wife was relating to me that a friend of a friend (female)had recently "thrown-up" after going to a rock concert. I forget which one, maybe Cher, popular music anyway. I was pretty sure it was caused from that feeling in the stomach/chest area generated by bass in the 50-100hz region. In my college days I took a girl to see my friend's band who had a great PA at the time, with plenty of low-end kick. After a short while I had to take her home, because she said the drum kick bass was making her queasy.
So, I am just wondering if other people have insight to this phenomenom? I know I have not encountered any females that are into subs and woofers in general. But than again, I never run across any females that even have any interest in high-end, but I live in a small city, and don't get out much either. Why is it that men seem to love that "effect"
that T-Rex type bass seems to provide? Is it sexual, mental, neither? I have also heard that low enough bass can also be used as a type of weapon, bursting you from the inside out.
pelv
Well Zaikesman, at least you didn't call me a vocodor-abusing sequin-hoarding geriatric mannequin.
No Judit, I wouldn't do that...uh, you aren't one, are you? ;^)

(BTW, I don't really think you're wrong about the male/power thing, and not just about bass or volume or competitiveness or absolutist/perfectionist secret knowledge and supposed super-human abilities of discernment, but about the whole gear/money/acquisitive audiophile paradigm. This would suggest that the impulse, evolutionarily speaking, might have originated in the need to attract a mate, like any display of power, and has been subverted for a few in our modern world into the audio hobby we know today. But how can this theory explain your presence in our midst? :-)

P.S. - For a laugh along these lines, have a look at the ad on page 36 of the current Stereophile...
I just tried a 9-13 Hz Chinese random-wave generator to massage my lower spine. Supposed to be a high-amplitude adjunct to the body's natural alpha waves. Feels like a cat sitting on me "purring", which is my wife's daily evening treat. However, my back's not getting better. And my wife prefers Cyrus.
When my ex-wife used to scream it was like a radio shack supertweeter blasting HIGH FREQ's kinda like cats being tourchered! Almost as bad as Cher singing and worst than any bass ive ever heard. Now thats power... everyone runs for cover. I felt like puking atleast once a week...
...Don't even want to know what made your ex-wife scream like that once a week...