You raise some good points. This reminds me of a post by Lisa about BarCamp back in September.
http://www.disambiguity.com/2006/09/04/perhaps-the-women-have-something-better-on/

At Ireland’s first BarCamp (http://barcamp.org/BarCampIreland) there was definitely a gender imbalance (mostly male attendees), but most of the women who attended also presented (there were presentations on Ruby, SecondLife, and Podcasting).

Lisa raised a good point when she said most women just aren’t into tech conferences. However, those women who _do_ attend tech conferences are probably _more participative_ than their male counterparts. I’ve been to more than a dozen talks/conferences this year and – sadly – women speakers/participants are still the exception rather than the rule.

See you at Le Web 3.