We studied the 'bibles' of jazz standards – and found sexism lurking in the strangest place
- Written by: Wendy Hargreaves, Senior Learning Advisor, University of Southern Queensland
We are two female jazz singers, jazz researchers and lovers of jazz. And we have discovered jazz gave us another shared experience – sexism.
We’d both experienced garden variety sexism. Wendy was asked by a male school principal if her recent marriage meant she would resign from teaching to start a family. Melissa received passionate...
