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

With men far outnumbering women as rock performers and musicians it is easy to consider the idea that rock is male orientated. In a Rolling Stones magazine list of the top 100 guitarists only 2 female guitarists made it into the list, and were placed no higher than 72. There is no physical reason why a woman cannot play the guitar as well as or better than a man, it therefore cannot be due to an apparent lack of talent and Bayton discusses the idea that “female absence is entirely social”.

Female guitarists are often seen playing acoustic guitars, this could be due to the “encoded phallocentric message” attached to the electric guitar, where the guitar is held low down suggesting the guitar is an extension of the mans penis (Bayton). With this in mind it is very reasonable to consider the idea that rock is gendered male.