Is it reasonable to consider that rock music is gendered male?

From Led Zeppelin to Black Sabbath, the one most noticeable similarity between these acts is all the performers are male. People generally like music or films that they can relate too, or can idolize the lead performer, therefore, rock is regularly seen as male gendered. This goes further, and even guitar shops to rock guitars themselves are designed with men in mind. The shops are male terrain with mostly male assistants all focusing on the gendered nature of “cock rock”. But this is changing.

On the flip side women nowadays also live up to “rock music” stereotypes through creating a “rock chick” image, which includes clothes, makeup, hair and social behaviour with women embracing more of the “rock music” lifestyle.

In the past rock music could have been gendered male, but more recently women have become more involved. Even now the word “rock” evokes the idea of men but this is shifting.