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Discussions of music based on feminist perspectives, including examinations of the ways in which women have composed, performed, commissioned, taught, and produced music; the ways in which music has been discussed in terms of feminine and masculine principles (such as "feminine" and "masculine" themes in sonata forms); treatments and portrayals of female characters (including those involving cross-dressing) in operas, plays, etc.; binary oppositions in music (female/male, amateur/professional, art music/popular music); and other investigations of the ways in which gender and sexuality have been reflected in music