Excellent point, Peace, and one that had occurred to me too. You can ridicule and denigrate men as a gender all you want nowadays in movies, the presss, and in general....but try that on women and "POW!" ...the big hammer comes down.

I don't think that's fair and equitable. Everyone should get respect and consideration...not just those who are perceived to have suffered discrimination in the past.

Omaar - Yeah, you make some darned good points there. Women do have to put up with some bothersome nonsense too. Maybe the grass just always looks greener on the other side. ;-) Perhaps you and I like singers of the opposite gender more because we are just naturally drawn more to the opposite gender in the first place. I know that was a big part of it with me. Of my favorite singers to listen to, most have been female....but if a man had something to say that I really liked (as with Bob Dylan or Al Stewart or Gordon Lightfoot or Jackson Browne), then naturally I wanted to hear his stuff just as much.

The male singer whose pure vocal technique I like the best is Jackson Browne. Super voice on that guy.

Stan Rogers had a killer voice too, but I wasn't that interested in what he had to say most of the time. It's darned good, just isn't exactly my cup of tea, that's all.