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Ani DiFranco

Men make angry music and it's called rock-and-roll women include anger in their vocabulary and suddenly they're angry and militant.

Ani DiFranco

Music

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Ani DiFranco points out that when men express anger through music, it is accepted and labeled as rock-and-roll, but when women show anger, they are seen as aggressive or militant. This highlights a double standard in how society interprets emotional expression based on gender.

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