Myrkur: “Equality Means We Have To Respect Each Other’s Differences”
It’s worth starting this off by saying that there was a time when equality between the genders was a more pressing subject than it is now, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t remember how far we’ve come and celebrate the more balanced way we now look at the human race. The problems that women have historically faced is not something I’m always that comfortable talking about, because I wasn’t alive 100 or even 50 years ago when things were much worse, so it’s not for me to comment on what it was like back then – I can only state what it’s like for me now. I feel that being a woman doesn’t hold me back, but I know that’s not the case for everyone. I approach talking about the struggles of women with caution, because often the conversation around me focuses more on my gender than my music...
