I think there are more men who are purely instrumentalists and I think it has to do with that part of their brains that make them want to take things apart and put them back together again. This is not to discount the women instrumentalists, but there does seem to be fewer. I'm not a great or even a really good guitarist, however, I work with my hands extremely well and could probably have been a whole lot better had I had someone to teach me when I first started playing. I'm self-taught and just didn't know what to learn, way back when.

I think there are many more great women singers than men ... because our range is so far greater. There are, however, many more women on earth than men, and because of that fact I think we cancel each other out. There are fewer men and the ones with truly extraordinary voices just seem to stand out more.

The above is purely conjecture on my part.

As far as being afraid to walk into a session or jam alone, never happen! But that has a lot to do with self assurance of one's talent ... moonchild

This is purely conjecture on my part.