Does society recognize and judge the longevity and legacy of a female singer, as they'll do with a man?
*sorry for typos, not my main language*
I was having a conversation with a guy about some pop culture icons, i won't mention which two icons, cause people will start talking about them specifically, and won't focus to the main point of my post... I was telling him that this *woman singer* has a really strong influence in music, culture, performances, fashion, younger singers etc too, it wasn't just that *man singer* having that, but it's not much mentioned or credited anymore cause she's a woman. And sometimes people can't even see the influence she has, even if it's right in front of their eyes, cause her career is not as much pushed and studied by younger generations, as the career of the male singer is.
I told him that it's more difficult for a woman to have "complete" dominance and strong longevity, even tho that speficic female singer has some longevity, but oftens gets ignored or shamed for other reasons. And that's cause it's rare to see a straight man being obsessive about a female singer, the way they're about male singers, or the way a woman could be obsessed with a male singer too. So you can't have complete dominance and respect, when a big % of that huge demographic rarely acknowledges and fully supports you. You can see women succeeding now, like Taylor Swift (she isn't the female singer i was talking about with my friend). But i don't think in 40 years from now, Taylor Swift will be known as much as a successful man singer from 40 years ago is remembered now, and she def won't be as much respected either.
And it's true, i don't see straight men usually being hard fans of women singers, while i see the opposite. I'm not saying it to create drama, it's just reality. And i don't think the excuse "he just makes better music" is valid too, its just an excuse. I've seen many men supporting vocally mediocre men, or male singers with not that strong discographies.
So i think that my point was valid, you can't compare the legacy of a man and woman from 40-50-60 years ago, based on how much popular they're in 2026, when the larger demographic audience won't be interested in discovering or impartially listening to the music from one of them. And i repeat, that's what i see, i'm a man and i listen to everything, that doesn't mean that every man does that, i don't think they do. I think many are snobs.