Right now my reading material for the tube is She-Bop II, a veritable encyclopaedia of information on the role of women in popular music. No doubt there’ll be a proper post on the subject sometime in the near future, but for the minute take a look at these videos with rather unusual representations of gender.

Never guess she used to be a primary school teacher in Canada, would you? It’s pure cock rock, casting a woman in the sexual predatory role usually reserved for bare-chested alpha males. How many mixed metaphors can you get into one video?

This song could be the theme tune for this blog. Pretty obvious what this one’s about- freedom through sexual ambiguity. It also gives Shirley Manson an excuse dress up in half a dozen different outfits to make her point. Cherry Lips explores similar territory.