Femininity in metal fanship: ‘I do not need to take anyone along’

IF 0.5 Q3 CULTURAL STUDIES

Metal Music Studies Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI:10.1386/mms_00046_1

Maarit Kinnunen, Antti Honkanen

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Abstract

Metal music has an exceptional position in Finnish society where the genre is not marginal and the proportion of female fans is considerable. However, studies on female metal fandom emphasize that female fans are in the minority among the male-dominant metal fan community. This has led to conclusions that female fans are acting in a ‘masculine’ manner to avoid sexual harassment, and to get approval and respect for their fandom from male fans. Our aim was to study very feminine metal fans, trying to find out how they perceived their position among metal fans and how they demonstrated their femininity, especially in metal festivals. Based on the results, considering metal a masculine musical genre is not justifiable if the context is female metal fans, not female metal musicians. Very feminine female fans consumed a lot of live music and described metal as beautiful, emotional and empowering. They were quite independent and became more confident in their femininity as they grew older. Part of them demonstrated their self-confidence by dressing up in a very feminine ‐ even hyperfeminine ‐ way, and part of them dressed more modestly, seeing their femininity internally, not externally.

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金属迷中的女性气质:“我不需要带任何人一起走”

金属音乐在芬兰社会中有着特殊的地位，这种音乐类型并不边缘化，女性歌迷的比例相当大。然而，对女性金属乐迷群体的研究强调，在男性主导的金属乐迷群体中，女性乐迷是少数。由此得出的结论是，女性粉丝的“男性化”行为是为了避免性骚扰，并获得男性粉丝的认可和尊重。我们的目的是研究非常女性化的金属乐迷，试图找出她们如何看待自己在金属乐迷中的地位，以及她们如何展示自己的女性气质，尤其是在金属音乐节上。从结果来看，如果是女性金属乐迷，而不是女性金属乐手，那么将金属视为男性音乐类型是不合理的。非常女性化的女粉丝们消费了大量的现场音乐，并将金属音乐描述为美丽、感性和赋权。她们非常独立，随着年龄的增长，她们对自己的女性气质更加自信。她们中的一部分人通过穿得非常女性化——甚至是超级女性化——来展示自己的自信，而另一部分人穿得更谦虚，从内心而不是外在来看待自己的女性气质。

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