Being of that era, I didn't know anyone who was confused. We all knew they were blokes, and us girls loved them.

The young people of today think Harry Styles & Co are something new and revolutionary. Me a a 60 year old starts laughing: Look at The Sweet, Bavid Bowie, Elton John and others from the 70s - THAT was new!

You're overthinking their gender. The answer is in the first 30 seconds of the video: "You ready, Steve? Andy? Mick? All right, fellas...."

That's just Sweet kicking ass.😊

Androgyny was the flavor of the day in the early 70s

Just four straight guys in a "Glam-Rock" band. The costumes and makeup were simply show business props for that era. The hair?... well, it was the early 70s

This was part of the "Glam Rock" music style. It's theatrical metal from the '70's. People you will have heard of who went through Glam Rock are David Bowie, Queen, Slade, and Marc Bolan and T-Rex. It was a lot of glitter, long hair and makeup. However, while acting androgynous, they were mostly treated like sex idols from women at the time. The majority of them were straight. (Ziggy Stardust was Bowie's Glam Phase.)

Absolute heartthrobs in the 70's. We liked our guys with long hair and make-up

This was fire in the 70's, this was fire in the 80's,  this was fire in the 90's and it's still fire today !  One of the greatest party songs of all time !

This era was full of flamboyant androgynous British glam rockers like Queen, David Bowie, even Elton John.

We did the whole AMAZING glam rock thing, with men in make up, glitter and long hair, while STILL knowing exactly what a women is. And NOBODY had a problem with it. Definitely put this on to get the party started list 🤩🤩🤩

This song got everyone on the dance floor.  Gender doesn't matter.  It's the music that matters.

My mother's favorite song. Put this on and the last 50 years just disappears and she dances like a 15 year old again.

They were not ahead of their time, they were of their time. The early 70's was when bands were experimenting with the fluidity of gender stereotypes. Bowie, T Rex and many others were doing the same thing. It was the genre of "Glam Rock" and it gave birth to the Rocky Horror Show. You can hear it in the music.
Their look was never pushed down anyone's throat in a demand for recognition, it was fun and they were accepted just the way they were. Some were gay, most were straight, some, like Bowie, swung both ways, sometimes only temporarily. It's all become so much more aggressive now but there's nothing new under the sun, we've seen it all before. We were more advanced in the 70's, the attitude was "live, and let live.

The guitarist, Andy, is the only surviving one now. Thanks for the great music boys. RIP Brian, Mick and Steve. ❤

IMHO: one of the most underrated bands of the 70th

Back in the 70s here in the UK, we called this genre Glam Rock.
Next banger by sweet "Blockbuster"

The judgments and racism of today's era were non existent in the70's. We had FUN with our music, loving, laughing, crying, dying, daydreaming... you name it and there was a song for it.

Tell me you've never seen "Wayne's World," without telling me you've never seen "Wayne's World."

Ah, the 70's, we could be weird, wonderful or unique without demanding everyone else to be the same by accepting us - LOL - and your reaction is priceless - thanx for the trip back in time Pegasus