I think it’s a shame that more girls don’t take djing up because in my experience girls often have a better feel for it. I know it’s not a representative group of the entire population of club goers, but I’m pretty confident that most of my male friends who are into dj/electronic music culture do not look any differently at female djs and it sometimes pisses me off when I hear a girl immediately assume that their lack of progress is necessarily linked to sexism. A great example of the exception to the rule is the fact that three of the residents in the Panorama Bar part of Berghain/Panorama Bar (which I think most people who’ve been there would agree is the best club in the world) are female. And deservedly. Tama Sumo in particular is one of the, if not the best house dj I’ve seen. A beautiful flow and amazing positive energy emanates from her, blends tracks from across the decades seamlessly and not a hint of an ego to be detected.

So yeah, my net point is that I don’t think looking at the amount of female djs in the industry is an incontrovertible indicator of the level of sexism at play. Sure, there may be sexism there, but I think you need to delve a little deeper to adequately disentangle the forces at play and certainly comparing the number of successful female male djs in isolation does not tell you the full story. Would be interested to hear your views on this!