▁explicit , ▁cru de , ▁' master ful ' ▁expression ▁of ▁sexual ity ▁... ▁C ock - rock ▁perform ers ▁are ▁ag gress ive , ▁bo ast ful , ▁constantly ▁drawing ▁audience ▁attention ▁to ▁their ▁pro w ess ▁and ▁control . ▁Their ▁bodies ▁are ▁on ▁display ▁... ▁m ikes ▁ ▁and ▁gu it ars ▁are ▁ph all ic ▁symbols ▁( or ▁else ▁car essed ▁like ▁female ▁bodies ), ▁the ▁music ▁is ▁loud , ▁rh ythm ically ▁ins istent , ▁built ▁around ▁techniques ▁of ▁ar ous al ▁and ▁release . ▁L yr ics ▁are ▁assert ive ▁and ▁ar rog ant , ▁but ▁the ▁exact ▁words ▁are ▁less ▁significant ▁than ▁the ▁vocal ▁styles ▁involved , ▁the ▁shr ill ▁shout ing ▁and ▁sc ream ing . ▁ ▁Use ▁of ▁the ▁term ▁The ▁meaning ▁of ▁the ▁term ▁co ck ▁rock ▁has ▁changed ▁over ▁time . ▁It ▁was ▁first ▁mentioned ▁by ▁an ▁anonymous ▁author ▁in ▁the ▁New ▁York - based ▁under ground ▁femin ist ▁publication ▁Rat ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 0 , ▁to ▁describe ▁the ▁male ▁domin ated ▁music ▁industry ▁and ▁became ▁a ▁syn onym ▁for ▁hard ▁rock , ▁emphas izing ▁the ▁ag gress ive ▁expression ▁of ▁male ▁sexual ity , ▁often ▁mis og yn ist ▁lyr ics ▁and ▁use ▁of ▁ph all ic ▁imag ery . ▁The ▁term ▁was ▁used ▁by ▁soci olog ists ▁Simon ▁Fr ith ▁and ▁Ang ela ▁Mc Rob bie ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 8 ▁to ▁point ▁to ▁the ▁contrast ▁between ▁male ▁domin ated ▁sub - c ulture ▁of ▁co ck ▁rock