Music Industry Women

Many industries in current years seem to be balancing between men and women running businesses and fields. As titles hold, however, it seems the U.K. music industry is lead by men, not women. With the surprising 59% of women at an entry-level in the music industry, how does the view from the top seem to be a biased majority of males? Not only are white women entering the music industry and never seeing the top, also women of many other races will almost never see the top. Some men blame in on the fact that around thirty to forty, women settle down to have kids. One women who works in the industry even claimed the music industry "is a man’s world and it is still a tough place to be as a woman”.
Some people disagree with this, however, and believe everyone has a fair shot to the top, despite gender differences. The managing director of Decca records, Rebecca Allen openly stated: “I honestly believe that the door is wide open to women. Young women I’ve come across in the last few years have no fear and quite frankly stand as tall, if not taller, than their male colleagues. It gets harder for everyone going up …show more content…
music industry. No one knows the industry as well as the workers and leaders of the industry do. The article was extremely well written, it showed both sides of the argument and seemed only mildly biased on the women's side. The tone seems serious but not irate or objective. The author knows the point she longs to make, but sticks to the facts rather than the opinion. The article definitely leans more towards the lack of women in the top of the industry, but does touch on the fact not everyone agrees it’s a mans' world. The article does feel as if it is lacking something needed in it, perhaps more statistics on the men to women ratio. Overall the article seems to be well written and wisely spoken from a needed balance of