Kat, I agree with you all the way. Circumstances and society have created the situations which have just made the voice more do-able. I would be a much better guitarist if in my days of early motherhood the little dears didn't 1- crawl into my lap while I tried to play 2- run around screaming NO MOMMY DON'T while I tried to play, 3- think the instrument was made for tug-o-war.
As for the preponderance of males on the"Cat, I think it's a computer thing much more than a music thing. I could start another thread- Are men geekier than women?