good Reputations[in the case of folk artists] are usually earned buy being professional,going out doing the gigs and delivering the goods.
Bad reputations[Celtic Music ],are usually earned fairly as well,serving people like Topic [re Nic Jones] with injunctions,withholding collections of traditional and revival material from the public domain.
Is it possible not to keep attacking Diane Easby,I have never had a problem with her posts.[but then I avoid if I can,comments that could be nmisconstrued sexually]
It is very difficult for men to understand what it is like being a woman,For instance men can go into a pub on their own without it being assumed that they are there to be picked up,Men can often walk home at night without the worry that some man will attempt to sexually molest them,and so it goes on.
[ but that is why some women can become defensive] it is a result of the way men/society [newspapers that carry page three]stereotype them,treating them as objects ,treat men/ women as objects and you start to treat them with disrespect.