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Post by durandrum on Dec 4, 2010 7:20:56 GMT -5
Looking at the 'sex' of posters on this forum there seems to be a high ratio of male to female DD fans.
This is pretty interesting as back in the day Duran Duran had a predominately female fanbase, a big reason why the music press gave the band such a hard time and labbled them 'teeny bop' despite the music not sounding like that genre.
I remember being in a very small minority and frankly in my element back on the 'sing blue silver tour, aged 16 surrounded by thousands of teenage girls, the screaming was so loud at those shows my ears were ringing for days after!!!!
I noticed a slow change down the years however it was only on the Astronaut tour where the band played to large arena's again that the male to female ratio was a lot less one sided, of course this could have been due to woman bringing or dragging in some cases their partners!!!
It was NEVER cool back in the 80's for a guy to declare their devotion to the band, believe me I took a lot of stick over being a big DD fan, more so at the peak of their fame.
Anyway, it's good to know that I'm no longer in a minority and that like minded guys can chat about their love of this great band without too much riddicule.
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Post by duranfan09 on Dec 4, 2010 8:07:16 GMT -5
I've noticed this as well. Even when you look on the band's Facebook page, there's always about thirty female fans leaving comments on each posting versus just a handful of male fans who have left comments!
It's not an issue though. Obviously some women have a very good taste in music! ;D
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Post by durandrum on Dec 4, 2010 8:20:39 GMT -5
The band will always have a larger female fanbase which is cool, I'm just happy that over the yeas more guys have come to appreciate them as well.
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Post by minanda on Dec 4, 2010 11:00:03 GMT -5
I think the ratio of male to female fans really depends on which board one is looking at. This board has more males than other boards from what I have seen.
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Post by Droid on Dec 4, 2010 11:46:42 GMT -5
I think the ratio of male to female fans really depends on which board one is looking at. This board has more males than other boards from what I have seen. This board and LK seem to both have a much larger percentage of participating men than one would expect. I'm curious about DDM's board. What is the ratio of men to women there?
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Post by sergejames on Dec 4, 2010 13:59:33 GMT -5
I believe there was always plenty of male fans but back in the day they were in the "closet." Now things are different.
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Post by durandrum on Dec 4, 2010 14:40:41 GMT -5
I believe there was always plenty of male fans but back in the day they were in the "closet." Now things are different. In the closet ?? is that some sort of gay reference lol. What other guys didn't realise was that a DD show was always a great place to meet girls in the early 80's when I was in my teens and 20's in the late 80's early 90's!!! Met some very nice ladies at DD gigs
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Post by sergejames on Dec 4, 2010 15:39:22 GMT -5
I believe there was always plenty of male fans but back in the day they were in the "closet." Now things are different. In the closet ?? is that some sort of gay reference lol. What other guys didn't realise was that a DD show was always a great place to meet girls in the early 80's when I was in my teens and 20's in the late 80's early 90's!!! Met some very nice ladies at DD gigs No offense to anyone with the closet reference! I just thought it illustrated my point well. Again, no offense.
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Post by rhondar on Dec 4, 2010 16:56:29 GMT -5
I think it's fantastic to finally be on a board with a number of male fans - the reason why I like it so much is that you're far more willing to actually discuss the music - other boards aren't really that way. I always did have more male friends back in school - girls were usually far too emotional, backstabbing and just mean in general.
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Post by diem32 on Dec 4, 2010 18:40:58 GMT -5
I'm more than happ to be in the minority at a Duran show as it gives me plenty of cuties to check out ;D
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