Is it reasonable to consider Rock music as gendered male?

Rock is a musical genre that has always been dominated by males. From the sexual lyrics of Elvis Presley to the grungy, sometimes sadistic sounds of Nirvana it is undoubtedly a mystical world that females just cant seem to penetrate, unless of course they are willing to be stripped of all femininity and become ‘one of the boys’ – Mavis Bayton, ‘Sexing the Groove: Popular Music and Gender’ (1997), (Chapter: Women and the Electric Guitar).
In my opinion asking if it is reasonable to consider Rock music is gendered male is like asking if it is reasonable to consider Action Man to be a boy’s toy – like most things Rock music has been socially constructed and assigned a gender – in this case male. We make sense of the world by categorising and putting things in boxes - making order. Rock is considered masculine as its sounds and lyrics are brash, loud and in your face – everything that women are traditionally seen not to be. When women enter the burley world of Rock music it shakes up and blurs the boundaries of traditional gender roles, so in conclusion I believe it is essential for most people to consider Rock as masculine to comply with their own view of the world and their role in it as a man or a woman.