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Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer
But to me, that also applies to the classification of female fronted bands too. To me, it doesn't matter whether its a solo artist or female fronted band that is higher in the sales because just being in a band does not mean that your sales will automatically be higher, often times its the opposite. So I don't see a problem with comparing DCTs sales to Ayu's sales, for the same reasons as you just outlined above.
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Of course. The reason why DCT is still selling is because, well, it's DCT! And not because they're a band.
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Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer
I would say that HP is an extreme example, because they are almost exclusively supported by Otaku that actually believe that the girls are perfect pinnacles of virginity and then when that image is tarnished they feel betrayed. (which is insane imo.)
I do agree that when it comes to scandals it seems that women are treated more harshly. But that doesn't mean that women are treated inherently badly in sales when it comes to comparing mens sales to women sales. (non-scandalous women I mean, though Namie is one example of how women are becoming more able to return from scandal) As I mentioned in the previous post, I think most male artists have simply done a better job of relating to the public and knowing what will sell for them better than most women artists have done. Although if you go back to the 70s, 80s, and some of the 90s, I would actually venture that it was actually the opposite then. From watching old music shows and charts I see a higher presence of women than today.
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I was just outlining the difference between how the public would react to a male idol versus a female idol. The very perception of Hello Project! girls as creatures of vestal virtue speaks a lot about what is expected of women in society versus what is expected of a Johnny's Jimusho boy. Would Erika Sawajiri's faux pas have become as public a scandal had it been an unsmiling, moody actor instead? I doubt it.
But all in all, I'm just saying that gender does play a role in it all. Right now, as you said, it's simply a matter of male artists being more popular with the public, and so more sales vis-a-vis the female folk, and I do think it has something to do with them being male. Johnny's Jimusho is certainly not making money from artistic integrity. It has more to do with the marketing of their boys as, well, Johnny's Jimusho "boys" more than anything.