Table 2 Percentage of songs containing sexist passages identified for each artist type and gender. Percentages correspond to the fraction of sexist lyrics within the artist type and gender
From: Large scale analysis of gender bias and sexism in song lyrics
Artist type | Gender | Songs | Billboard | Billboard (top 10) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Solo artist | Male | 30.0% | 43.4% | 48.4% |
Female | 19.6% | 29.8% | 30.9% | |
Group | Male only | 18.0% | 32.0% | 33.2% |
Female only | 20.0% | 34.4% | 42.9% | |
Mixed | 16.2% | 26.4% | 30.1% |