In my corner of the world, the more accurate question should be, “Why don’t women buy mp3s?”
Because the smart chicks download for free. And win their mp3 players playing competitive touchscreen bar games.
The Guardian investigates, “Why is it that only 4% of legally downloaded music is being bought by women?” and actually includes this answer:
It does concern me that women don’t seem to take as much of an interest in music as men: I think a lot of female artists suffer for that.
This coming from a lady DJ who goes by JoJo de Freq.
Amanda, rev your engines.
via Culture Kitchen’s side o’ links.