From that perspective if there was ever a position that needed to be filled, like some guy said he wanted a female acoustic opening act, there weren't too many choices. That partially how I got all those great opening acts slots. I think that women are still a minority in the industry especially in folk music. It's pretty all much white guys, with few exceptions. I think that's the way the industry is set up.
Women are still objectified and idealized.
Men in the music industry can look like shit and sing for shit and be superstars. It's not even. Well, the biggest contained audience would probably have been when I opened for Neil Young. It was two sold out nights in a 24 hundred seat hall. You play the same songs you always play.