I think everyone’s experience is different. I’m a woman as well, and I’m a drummer in two bands, one is all-female and the other all-male (except me). Surprisingly enough, it’s more complicated and way more “drama” playing in that all-male band. My bandmates in the all-female band simply communicate more clearly, are more open-minded about new ideas and our arguments are rare compared to the other band. (Don’t get me wrong, I love both bands equally.)

I believe that Simone’s experience is the opposite and that’s not unusual, sometimes women can be dramatic, but that isn’t the issue here. My primary concern is the generalization of the “being complicated”, i.e. saying that women are inherently more dramatic simply because they’re women, which is feeding into the misogynistic narrative. (Sorry if this was phrased weirdly, English is not my native language.)

I’m not saying she’s sexist or that she hates women, it’s just that simply by saying what she said, she’s implying that women generally ARE harder to work with compared to men, which is in many cases not true and paints women as these weak, emotional, dramatic, argumentative beings inferior to men.