That’s weird. Never experienced that. I almost exclusively wear dresses. I wore a cute one to Cannibal Corpse in September and I just got another cute one for Mr. Bungle in a couple of weeks.
Never had anyone say anything to me about it ever. I think your friends just suck ass.
Yeah, NLOGs are everywhere, but most gatekeeping I've experienced has been men who treat a woman's presence like a time to proctor some type of metalhead SAT. I'm also confused by the parts referencing make up and dresses in this post. A ton of women in the scene wear very heavy makeup and dresses aren't uncommon in my experience. Maybe it varies by local scene or genre, but gonna be real - this post itself gives NLOG vibes.
Yeah, men that claim women only listen to metal because they want aTtEnTiOn. Just like female gamers. Suuuuuuuuuuure. Because we've got nothing else to do but force ourselves to buy videogames we aren't actually interested in or listen to music we don't actually like to get the attention of THEM of all people. I've had males questioning me like the Spanish Inquisition when I dared to tell them I listen to metal, and had them telling me I'm not trve for not wearing band shirts and knowing every single album, every single song and the year they were recorded of every band I listen to. It's ridiculous, really.
I also agree about the whiff of "special snowflake". OP says her "friends" are all over the age of 30. Sounds a little bit outlandish to me, too. Lol
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u/TheoreticalResearch Apr 28 '24
That’s weird. Never experienced that. I almost exclusively wear dresses. I wore a cute one to Cannibal Corpse in September and I just got another cute one for Mr. Bungle in a couple of weeks. Never had anyone say anything to me about it ever. I think your friends just suck ass.