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Does the music a woman listen to, speak volumes about her character?

Women and musicIt is wrong to profile people using any criterion, least of all music. Stereotyping is a lazy way of doing things. And today I am off to a lazy start.  The problem with stereotypes, Chimamanda Adichie — the venerable Nigerian writer — said is not so much that they are untrue as they are incomplete.

 Away from the brief intellectual posturing, allow me to delve into the issue on the table today: Is it possible to use music to accurately estimate the temperament of a woman? The answer is a resounding yes. And would you all permit for trying to pass as clever by stating the obvious.

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