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"Unity Admirable But Not Necessarily Heeded"

Going Rates and Gender Boundaries in the Straight Edge Hardcore Music Scene

Jamie L. Mullaney

Goucher College, Towson, Maryland

Drawing on interviews, this article examines how the third wave of the straight edge (sXe) hardcore music scene can promote a gender-progressive image in light of evidence that suggests men's continued advantage over women in the scene. The author argues that this discrepancy can be explained by straight edgers' use of going rate comparisons (to its previous waves, to other times and places, and to gender relations as a whole) that highlight the scene's "doings" and "not-doings" in ways that portray sXe favorably. By insisting that gender is no longer relevant, straight edgers (sXers) then set up a going rate of authenticity that is purportedly attainable by men and women. This going rate, however, ultimately reinstates gender boundaries sXers claim to erase. The author concludes the article by discussing the larger implications of doings and not-doings in going rate constructions and the performance of gender.

Key Words: gender • going rate • borderwork • straight edge • hardcore • punk

Gender & Society, Vol. 21, No. 3, 384-408 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0891243207299615
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