Anne...... I mean that females tend to have different ways of aproaching problems and if the playing field be a level one they are just as capable of getting whatever it is they have set as the target they wish to achieve.
Vive la difference(imagine a grave at this point)
Re gigs I dunno what the usual method is for either sex.
I would however be disgusted if the reason you may be rejected is because you are a woman.
When you mention being sensititve did you mean to the other persons reaction,or protective of your own feeling regarding rejection?